The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, the Associated Press reported late Friday.

Two sources told the AP that around 20 agents were fired, with an additional source confirming the firings.

The sources also revealed that the agents had been reassigned last spring for their conduct during the protests.

The photographs that led to the firings showed a group of agents kneeling during a protest in Washington that followed the May 2020 killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers.

Floyd’s death sparked nationwide outrage and demonstrations, which were heavily policed and monitored by local law enforcement officers and federal agencies.

A 2020 internal........

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