"The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington DC that followed the 2020 murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, three people familiar with the matter told the Associated Press on Friday. The bureau last spring had reassigned the agents but has since fired them, said the people, who insisted on anonymity to discuss personnel matters with the AP. The number of FBI employees terminated was not immediately clear, but two people said it was roughly 20."
"The photographs at issue showed a group of agents taking the knee during one of the demonstrations following the May 2020 killing of Floyd, a death that led to a national reckoning over policing and racial injustice and sparked widespread anger after millions of people saw video of the arrest. The kneeling had angered some in the FBI but was also understood as a possible de-escalation tactic during a period of protests."
The FBI fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington, D.C., after George Floyd's 2020 murder. Sources said the agents had been reassigned last spring and were later terminated, with roughly 20 employees affected. The images showed agents taking the knee amid demonstrations; the gesture angered some within the bureau while also being seen as a potential de-escalation tactic. The FBI Agents Association said more than a dozen agents, including military veterans with statutory protections, were fired, called the move unlawful, and urged Congressional investigation. The firings coincide with a broader personnel purge under Director Kash Patel.
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