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The FBI fired roughly 20 agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protests in Washington after George Floyd’s murder by police.

The agents union condemned the firings as unlawful and accused FBI Director Kash Patel of violating employees’ constitutional rights.

The terminations are part of broader personnel purges at the bureau that officials say have contributed to declining morale.

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

The bureau last spring had reassig

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