The Federal Bureau of Investigation has fired as many as 20 FBI agents, including a group associated with a 2020 incident in ...
Agents said the kneeling was an act of deescalation. The Bureau investigated them at the time and found no causes for discipline. The FBI Agents Association decries the lack of due process.
Nearly two dozen FBI agents were reportedly fired after kneeling during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Washington, DC.
The bureau reassigned the agents in May in what was viewed as demotions, but has since fired at least 15 agents who were photographed kneeling at the protest.
The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling with protesters in Washington during 2020 racial justice protests after George Floyd's death ...