FBI downloads photographic agents kneeling at George Floyd's protest

American media report that the FBI has fired a group of agents who were photographed kneeling in a racial justice protest for George Floyd's death.

The download letter cited the alleged <x0mmage trial” in their actions, according to a source quoted by CBS News. It is reported that between 15 and 20 agents have been laid off from work, it broadcast Telegrafi.

Agents were reportedly kneeling with others during a demonstration in 2020. Floyd, a colored man, had been killed by a police officer who kneeled to his neck in May of that year, triggering global protests.

The FBI Agents' Association condemned the dismissals, claiming that the agents' rights were violated. The FBI refused to comment when it was contacted by the BBC.

The reported downloads come as the Trump administration seeks to clear them, which they see as left-wing politics and officials and so-called smart “ ” from each part of the federal government.

Some right-wing commentators had criticised police agents and officers who were photographed kneeling in social media at the time. But their supporters argue that kneeling was a tactic to reduce tensions with protesters, rather than signaling that agents agreed with their views.

This act became a symbol of disagreement against racism, as viral images showed Floyd's killer, white police officer Derek Chauvin, kneeling on his neck while he was sitting on the floor for more than nine minutes.

An official examination after his death revealed that Floyd died of a heart attack caused by neck compression. Chauvin is currently serving a 22-and-a-half-year sentence for Floyd's murder.

The bombing was also used in the US as a protest against racial injustice and police brutality prior to Floyd's murder, especially by former player NFL, Colin Kaepernick.

Friday's massive download is the last in a series of FBI downloads.

The agency's former acting director, Brian Drissall, former assistant director in charge of the field office in Washington, Steven Jensen, and Spencer Evans, former special field agency in Las Vegas, have all been fired recently.

Earlier this month, the three former agents indicted FBI Director Cash Patel and US Prosecutor General Pam Bond, claiming officials fired from work to calm President Donald Trump.

In her statement Friday, the FBI Agents' Association said that “the dangerous new model of Patel's actions is weakening the Bureau” and making “more difficult to recruit and keep qualified agents by ultimately putting our nation in greater danger”. /Periscope/