FBI Fires Multiple Agents Who Knelt During 2020 Racial Justice Protests: Personnel Purge Raises Legal Concerns

Sep 27, 2025 10:57 am CST

The FBI has terminated approximately 20 agents who were photographed kneeling during George Floyd protests in 2020, part of a broader personnel restructuring under Director Kash Patel. The FBI Agents Association has condemned these firings as unlawful, citing lack of due process and calling for congressional investigation as these dismissals coincide with other high-profile terminations of agents who worked on sensitive cases during the Trump administration.