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The Indianapolis Colts publicly apologized to Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill for enjoying his custody after announcing the team’s schedule for this season before the first game of the 2024 season.
The Colts posted the video Wednesday as part of the NFL schedule release. It has become popular for the team to create creative videos that announce their schedules in recent years, and Colts videos have played the video game Minecraft. The game-based film “A Minecraft Movie” was released earlier this year and was a huge hit at the box office. The film was distributed by Warner Bros Pictures, a part of Warner Bros Discovery, like CNN.
In the opening scene of the video posted by the Colts, a dolphin, labeled “hill” in a No. 10 jersey, blew into the siren and approached the Coast Guard boat on which police officers are riding.
“We have removed the schedule release video because we included a deadly clip that goes beyond our rights at Microsoft and includes dolphin wide receiver Tyreek Hill. We sincerely apologize to Microsoft and Tyreek,” the Colts told CNN Sports in a statement.
Police release body cam footage of traffic stops on Tyreek hill
Hill responded to the video Thursday: “You should have left it to @Colt, this was interesting.”
The incident involving Hill happened just before the first match of Dolphins last season. Last year, a wide receiver drove into the stadium and was stopped by police.
Video of the traffic stop showed officers pulling the hill out of his car, handcuffing him, putting him down on the road after he immediately failed to follow their orders. Hill later told CNN he was not moving anytime soon as he was still recovering from minor knee surgery performed before the 2024 season.
“I was shocked. It was crazy because it all happened so fast. For me, it all happened so quickly and I really didn’t like to collect everything that was happening,” Hill told Catelan Collins in “Sauce” at the time.
“I wasn’t moving fast because I know I was injured. I got what I went through. I’m playing physical sports. I’ve been doing this for a while.
The South Florida Police Charity Association defended the actions of the officials involved, highlighting that Hill was never arrested. The association said Hill was not cooperative and the officers were working for their own safety.
Other Miami Dolphins players who stopped by to provide support for Hill were also actively treated. Former Walter Payton Man of the Year recipient, Curry Campbell, told reporters after being handcuffed by police after approaching the scene and attempting to talk to officials about what was going on. Bystanders and police body decoration cameras captured the incident on September 8th.
Hill was issued two quotations attributed to a stop outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. He had previously pleaded not guilty to careless driving without wearing a seat belt.
The judge dismissed the quotation in November after officers involved in the stop did not appear in court.
The Colts and Dolphins will play in week one of the Indianapolis NFL seasons.
