FBI demotes agents who took a knee during Black Lives Matter protests
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 3, 2025
The FBI has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling during protests over the killing of George Floyd nearly five years ago, according to a report.
The agents took a knee — a gesture to express dissent against perceived racial injustices — during Black Lives Matter protests in Washington, DC, in June 2020.
At least four of the kneelers were reassigned to positions widely viewed as demotions, according to the 
