WASHINGTON — The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the , three people familiar with the matter said Friday.

The but has since fired them, said the people, who insisted on anonymity to discuss personnel matters with The Associated Press.

The number of FBI employees fired was not immediately clear, but two people said it was roughly 20.

The photographs at issue showed a group of agents taking a knee during one of the demonstrations following the May 2020 killing of Floyd, a death that sparked widespread anger after millions of people saw video of his arrest. It led to a national reckoning over policing and racial injustice.

The firings of the agents who knelt at the bureau under .

Five agents and top-level

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