Ex-Miami Cop Who Dragged Tyreek Hill from Car Celebrates Star’s Release

After the Miami Dolphins released wide receiver Tyreek Hill, the former Miami-Dade police officer who hauled Hill out of his car and handcuffed him during a traffic stop outside Hard Rock Stadium in September 2024 appeared to be thrilled to hear that the star receiver was no longer with the team.

Danny Torres celebrated the 31-year-old’s release with a post on Facebook on Tuesday, writing, “Hmmm… I guess it took a bit, but Karma got you. Now that I am retired I can tell you how I feel about you. You’re an entitled ASSHOLE and an embarrassment to the team and city that kissed your ass. I wish you the best and hope you are able to afford ALL that child support, especially now that you’re unemployed. But I’m sure someone will pick you up and you will cause havoc in their team and city. Just how you did in Miami.”

Torres even referenced the traffic stop: “Btw, next time, roll your F….G window down,” he added.

In a text message to New Times, Torres, who retired in July, said he was “pretty much crucified for my doing my job.”

He added that he “100 percent” stands by his Facebook post.

“I was actually nice,” he said. “He destroyed me and my reputation when the incident happened, and I had to stay quiet because I was still employed. But I am retired, so now is my turn to say the truth.”

Ahead of the Dolphins’ season opener on September 8, 2024, a group of motorcycle officers from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office (then known as the Miami-Dade Police Department), pulled Hill over just outside the stadium for allegedly speeding. As the nearly 30-minute traffic stop unfolded, body-cam footage captured Torres turning aggressive when Hill failed to follow a fellow officer’s demands to keep his window rolled down. Torres stepped in and hauled Hill out of his car. As Torres and another officer took Hill to the ground, Torres knelt on his back as the other officer handcuffed the star receiver.

“When we tell you to do something, you do it,” Torres yelled at Hill. “You understand? Not what you want but what we tell you. You are a little fucking confused…. Stop crying.”

When one of Hill’s then-teammates Calais Campbell arrived at the scene, body-camera footage also captured Torres shouting at him and later placing him in handcuffs.

“If you don’t leave, I am going to take you to jail,” Torres said.

Following the release of the body-camera footage from the incident, Torres, then a 27-year veteran of the force, was placed on administrative leave. The Dolphins called on the police department to “take strong action against the officers who engaged in such despicable behavior.”

“We are saddened by the overly aggressive and violent conduct directed towards Tyreek Hill, Calais Campbell, and Jonnu Smith by police officers before yesterday’s game,” the team’s statement read. “It is both maddening and heartbreaking to watch the very people we trust to protect our community use such unnecessary force and hostility towards these players, yet it is also a reminder that not every situation like this ends in peace, as we are grateful this one did.”

In the aftermath of the incident, Hill acknowledged that he should have followed the rules and left his window down. However, he added that he does not justify the officers’ behavior that day.

“I will say I could have been better – you know, I could have let down my window – in that instant…, he said. “But at the end of the day, you know, I’m human. I gotta follow rules. I gotta, you know, do what everyone else would do. Now, does that give them the right to literally beat the dog out of me? Absolutely not. But at the end of the day, I wish I could go back and, you know, do things a bit differently.”

As for Torres, Hill said, said, “Gone, gone, gone. He gotta go, man.”

A subsequent review of Torres’ social media, including his personal Facebook profile, revealed that the veteran motorcycle cop was an avid DJ, biker, and member of the Florida chapter of the Gunfighters Motorcycle Club. A Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office spokesperson confirmed to New Times that Torres did in fact retire.