Danny Torres, 27-year veteran who forcibly arrested Hill in Florida on Sunday, suspended for total of about 50 days

The police officer who detained NFL player Tyreek Hill in Florida had racked up six suspensions and multiple reprimands before his encounter with the Miami Dolphins wide receiver, records from his agency show.

According to employee records reviewed by NBC, Danny Torres, the Miami-Dade police department officer who forcibly arrested and handcuffed Hill last Sunday, has a tainted disciplinary record that includes being suspended for as many as 50 days between 2014 and 2019.

Two of the suspensions were for five days each in February 2014 and February 2016 – as well as a pair of five-day suspensions in September 2016. Torres also had a 20-day suspension in October 2018 and a 10-day suspension in June 2019.

Additionally, NBC reports that the 27-year veteran received four written reprimands between March 1999 and September 2020. Torres, who has been placed on administrative duties since his arrest of Hill, was also involved in multiple other complaints at the police department, according to the outlet.

  • masterofn001@lemmy.ca
    111·
    3 months ago

    I always thought it was normal to not roll your window down all the way when stopped by a cop.

    The order to roll it down, on a speeding citation especially, strikes me as an attempt to search the vehicle.

    There was no reasonable anything to think he was in danger.

    It was a speeding ticket.

    And the guy was driving a car worth more than the cops retirement fund.

    Except, driver black.

    ACAB

    • Paddzr@lemmy.world
      01·
      3 months ago

      Also no seatbelt? The guy act as a cunt. Is it illegal to act like a cunt? No.

      I’m not losing tears over it. I’m even glad they knocked him down a notch. He escalated it. But cops = bad so it’s okay.