Miami Dolphins star wide receiver Tryreek Hill got a lot of sympathy from the media after he claimed that police officers pulled him over and immediately got violent. But BlazeTV host @realjasonwhitlock joins Glenn to tell the full story. Whitlock lays out the evidence that Tyreek, not the officers, is mostly to blame here. He also tears into Tyreek for playing the race card during the traffic stop (with hispanic cops) and slams media outlets like CNN for immediately running with his victim narrative.
Transcript
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GLENN: Tyreek Hill. He was driving to the game. When was it, Sunday? Saturday? Sunday, wasn't it?
STU: Yeah. Sunday.
GLENN: And he's driving, I think his McLaren. He's speeding. He's pulled over close to the stadium. And people are -- you know, the fans are going into the stadium are driving by. Like, is that Tyreek Hill?
STU: They noticed.
GLENN: And the cop knocked on the window a couple of times. And said, hey, roll your window down. And he's like, no. And he's like, roll the window down.
And he's kind of a punk about it. Eventually, it ends up, they pull him out of the car, throw him down on the ground, and they cuff him.
And, you know, I'm having a hard time seeing -- you just don't treat the cops that way. I don't care who you are. You just don't treat the cops that way.
But it's a big mess now.
And Jason Whitlock is with us. Host of Blaze TV, fearless. Which if you haven't watched yet.
You need to. It's -- it's really into culture. And Jason is -- he is a spiritual guy.
A -- a faithful follower of God.
Really struggles with questions of the day. And tries to get it right.
And tries to be, you know -- look fort righteous answers on things. And he does a fabulous job. And I'm proud to call him my friend.
Jason, welcome.
JASON: Good to be here, Glenn.
GLENN: So tell me, what is happening with this? And why is this so divisive?
Why are people defending Tyreek Hill?
JASON: Because he's black. And we're in an election cycle, and we need a George Floyd or the left needs a George Floyd. And they're trying to make it out of Tyreek Hill. He's not a victim here.
He triggered the police, first by speeding past the police officer. In what clarifies as a construction zone. That's going to get you pulled over. And then he's, you know, in a half a million car.
GLENN: I was going to say, it's hard to be the oppressed when you're in a McLaren 730S.
JASON: Yeah. So when they're asking him to roll down his windows because his windows are tinted jet black. You can't see inside. So he briefly rolls it down. And gives them his driver's license, I think. And maybe registration. But then he rolls his window back up.
And that triggers the police. Because now they have a suspect, who has rolled his windows up. They can't see what he's doing. Is he getting a gun?
Is he trying to throw away guns or swallow drugs?
They don't know. Because the guy didn't have enough time to figure out, oh, this is the Miami Dolphins' star wide receiver.
GLENN: But if you handed your -- I mean, let me play the other side. If he handed him his driver's license, it says Tyreek Hill. You would know the name.
JASON: It may not mean anything to that police officer. Glenn, let's say you were that police officer.
GLENN: I wouldn't have known. I wouldn't have known.
JASON: There you go.
And so, you know, maybe that's a tiny bit of a stretch. But even if it is a football player, you know, do we have to go much beyond O.J. Simpson. Rae Carruth, and many other criminal, professional athletes, that say, hey, roll that window down?
I need to see what you are a doing. Do you have drugs? Do you have a gun? I don't know.
GLENN: Are you only saying that as a black man, because he's a black man? Why do you hate black people so much, Jason?
JASON: Because, and, again, I don't.
(laughter)
I'm just not into racial idolatry.
And any human is capable of being flawed, and so I'm talking about Tyreek Hill, not as a black person. He's a flawed human being. He's a man. And he handled this in a very poor way. And he triggered the police.
And you get the energy that you put out.
Because he starts yelling at the police. Why do you have to bang on my window like that?
And that's not how you deal with the police. Particularly, when you're in the wrong.
You know, I'm a feeder, Glenn. And so when I get pulled over, for speeding, the first words out of my mouth are, I'm sorry, Officer. How fast was I going?
The first thing out of my mouth.
GLENN: It's exactly what I say. F
JASON: First thing. I'm sorry. Because, one, I recognize, the police officer is like any other worker.
The less work he can do, the better. And so I've called him now, and he's got to pull someone over. He doesn't know. Is this going to be a hassle? So I've triggered the officers, so I say I'm sorry.
And so now to see Tyreek Hill, holding press conferences, demanding that this officer or officers get fired. Are you kidding me?
Because Tyreek Hill's history, you know, when he entered the league out of college. There were allegations of him beating up his pregnant girlfriend.
GLENN: Oh, jeez.
JASON: That was a controversy, when he got drafted in the NFL.
There have been -- there has been a controversy about a young child of his, and how the child got his arm broken. Was it Tyreek Hill? Was it the baby mama. He's had several incidents. He's an irresponsible person.
He has at least ten children. Maybe 12, by six different baby mamas. This is a very irresponsible person. He's speeding in a construction area, and he's dealing with the police in a poor way. And I don't know how we reached the conclusion that he's a victim.
He's not.
GLENN: He's not a victim. Is that the way most people look at it, Stu, that he's a victim.
STU: That's definitely the mainstream media version of it. That's what I've heard all over sports media. They're all seemingly terrified of saying that he did anything wrong at all. Well, treat the guy with respect.
GLENN: You know, this is amazing. Because this is the way the elites work. They think they know better. They think they get special privileges.
You know, if I'm pulled over by the police. I say the same thing that you do, Jason.
I'm sorry. How fast was I going?
I don't expect any special treatment at all.
You know, if I certainly was get it, I guess I'm a little, you know. Thank you.
And let's get out of here, before you change your mind.
But the elites, like Hunter Biden, who is white. Do the same thing.
They treat people poorly, because don't you realize who I am?
That's a real problem. That's not the way we should behave in our society.
JASON: Look at. Look at all the -- what he triggered with his speeding. With his disrespect. His unwillingness to roll down his window.
Now the next thing you know, his teammates that are also driving into the stadium.
They see him, they pull over to the side of the road. And they start questioning the police on the spot. On the same.
And are these large men, football players. Getting out of their cars. And so now the police are like, hold on.
Now I've got Calais Campbell, 6-8, 315 pounds, questioning -- this is a nightmare scenario for police. It's dangerous for drivers.
It's -- it's a mess. And now Calais Campbell.
And I think there's another team. They briefly get detained, because they want to bicker back and forth with the police.
Again, all the procedures tell the police, don't let bystanders start getting in and increasing the tension and the conflict.
And so Tyreek Hill's irresponsible behavior, puts him in harm's way. Puts the police officers in harm's way. Put the teammates in harm's way. Put other motorists in harm's way. And Caitlin Collins has him on CNN, and treats him for eight straight minutes, like he did nothing wrong.
And blah, blah, blah.
And I'm just -- this is -- the world.
It's backwards. Here's a man worth a couple hundred million dollars, with ten to 12 kids, that he's responsible for.
And we're holding him to the lowest standard. When he should have the highest standard.
He's got more to protect. More to lose. More people counting on him. We could be -- like Tyreek, what are you doing here?
GLENN: Well, I have to tell you, he's also forced to drive a McLaren. He doesn't have a Bugatti. I mean, the guy is clearly oppressed.
STU: Jason, is it true? That at some point, he had mentioned something about, while he was sitting on the sidewalk there, this was all about him being black in America.
And the officers responded with, that they too were dark. Was the term they used.
Because they were Hispanic officers. Is that actually accurate?
JASON: Absolutely accurate.
And, yes, he did. I'm just a black man in America.
GLENN: Oh. I hate that.
JASON: You know, it's -- it's -- listen, the guy has been granted second and third chances to have this career.
And here's a police officer, let's speculate. Maybe the guy makes between 80 and 120,000 bucks a year. Driving a motorcycle. Doing very dangerous work.
And he's trying to destroy this man, who probably has a wife and/or kids. He's trying to destroy him.
Trying to deny this man, who doesn't really need a second chance.
But trying to deny him, forgiveness for whatever little -- you know, if I were dealing a pie of who was in the wrong here.
Tyreek Hill is 96 to 99 percent in the wrong.
And maybe there's three percent of the officer being a tiny bit aggressive with him.
GLENN: I have to tell you, this hurts people that actually are actually oppressed.
Because this really does happen with cops. And we know it. But when you have this guy, coming out and treating cops like garbage.
And saying he's the oppressed one. It hurts. It hurts the real stuff.
It's so bad. Listen, Jason. I have to run. But I want to ask you, what did you think of the debate? And how do you think that's playing?
JASON: I'm thinking the debate will have no impact. I think Kamala Harris exceeded extremely low expectations.
And I think that -- and, Glenn, you might not get this. But Stu might. I think Donald Trump missed as many layups as Angel Reese. Pointing, you know, I thought he could have laid her to waist. But she exceeded expectations. He missed some layups. And a week from now, no one will care.
GLENN: How do you think guys took to her -- I mean, if Donald Trump would have treated her like that, he -- he would have lost 20 points.
She just treated him like garbage. How do you think men, in particular, took to that?
JASON: I think we've grown to expect it.
You know, she's been classified as a black woman. And a feminist.
And a queen. You know, blah, blah, blah.
And so, you know, men have kind of -- we have allowed it. We have expected it. We have bought into a narrative that, oh, the history of men is just their brutal mistreatment of women.
And so women have a right to be angry, and they have a right to reparations. And blah, blah, blah.
And so we owe them something. And so, you know, it was a bad look to me. And Trump certainly couldn't get away with it, because he would have been called "racist" and every other name in the book. But, you know, just all the facial expressions and all the disrespect.
But, you know, she wasn't alone. You know, David Muir and the --
GLENN: Oh, I know.
JASON: Kamala's -- you know, the other woman was Kamala's sorority sister. They're in a sorority together. A/k/a the other moderator.
GLENN: Wow. I didn't know that.
JASON: Oh, yeah. And black people take sorority life and fraternity life very serious, postgraduation, perhaps more serious after graduation than when they're actually students.
GLENN: Jason, thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Blaze host of Fearless. Jason Whitlock. You can find him at YouTube at YouTube.com/Jason Whitlock, or BlazeTV. TheBlaze.com/Fearless. Thank you so much, Jason.