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Chiefs defend their selection of Tyreek Hill after his domestic abuse case

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs defended their selection of wide receiver and kick returner Tyreek Hill in the fifth round of the draft, saying they didn’t take lightly Hill’s guilty plea last year for domestic abuse.

“We have done our due diligence with regards to fully vetting each one of our draft class members," general manager John Dorsey said. “In this case, we’ve done that. I think everybody at the end of the day within this community (should) understand one thing: We would never put anybody in this community in harm’s way.