FBI fires agents who kneeled during 2020 racial justice protest

Agents kneeled in Washington DC during protests following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis

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.