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Quinn explains protest: America ‘killed Indians,’ was ‘built off the backs of blacks’ | Miami Herald

Dolphins wide receiver Kenny Stills has a new locker-room ally in his fight for social justice.

Defensive end Robert Quinn, acqured recently from the Rams via trade, raised a clenched fist during the playing of the national anthem to protest what he and many others see as the treatment of minorities by police.

When asked to explain his demonstration during a conference call with Miami reporters Wednesday, Quinn said the following:

“The way America was built, and the way people talk .... The president said to build a wall to keep Mexicans out. This country was built off of — they killed Indians, built off the backs of the blacks.