At least 15 FBI agents were fired due to "bad judgment" for kneeling during Black Lives Matter protests in Washington in 2020, the FBI Agents Association said on Friday. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 27 (UPI) -- At least 15 FBI agents who were photographed while kneeling during 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Washington have been fired for a "lack of judgment."
The agents were tasked with protecting federal buildings in the nation's capital amid the BLM protests that occurred following the death of George Floyd. 46, while he was being arrested in Minneapolis in 2020, according to NBC News.
The fired agents received their termination notices on Friday, NPR reported.
A 2024 Department of Justice review regarding the matter shows many of the agents assigned to protect federal buildings said they lacked training in dealing with civil unrest and kneeled as a way to de-escalate the situation when confronted by protesters.
