WASHINGTON — The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, three people familiar with the matter said Friday.

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The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers

That's according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press

The bureau had reassigned the agents last spring but has since fired them

The FBI declined to comment

The bureau last spring had reassigned the agents but has since fired them, said the people, who insisted

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