Protests in 2020
FBI fires agents because they knelt down at Black-Lives-Matter demo
According to their own statements, they wanted to de-escalate: FBI agents kneeled down in a black-lives-matter demonstration 2020-now they were fired.
US President Trump has FBI director Cash Patel tidy up in his authority: According to the FBI Agent’s Association, the FBI has released 15 agents who kneeled in 2020 on the sidelines of a demonstration against police violence. The protest took place in Washington in early June 2020, a few days after George Floyd’s murder by white police officers.
The step is to take place after the 15 agents have been determined for months, as a person trusted with the matter reported CNN. Other agents who were on site at the time but did not knelt were therefore not released, the source continued.
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The FBI Agents Association criticized the management of FBI director Kash Patel on the grounds that the layoffs violated “the rights of agents to a proper procedure”. “The FBI weakens patles dangerous new behavior pattern because it eliminates valuable specialist knowledge, damages trust between leadership and the employees and makes it more difficult to recruit and maintain qualified agents – which ultimately exposes our country to a greater risk,” said the organization on Friday evening. So far, the FBI is not said to have commented on the layoffs.
There was also criticism of FBI agents back then
The situation in 2020 came in an enormously heated social situation. The protests because of the deadly police operation against George Floyd and against violence and racism among the police in general were at the peak at that time. As a result, demanded US President Donald Trump from the Attorney General Bill Barr the use of FBI agents.
According to CNN, they should help keep the protest and protect federal buildings, even though they are not trained for these purposes, the broadcaster reported. For this reason, the FBI leadership is said to have initially refused against the command.
Finally she gave in, and so FBI agents were in June 5, 2020 Washington On the edge of the protests. However, since they feared conflicts, some of them are said to have kneeled down, according to CNN. The de -escalating gesture worked. The demonstrators moved on, according to the US broadcaster.
However, the agents were sharply criticized at the time – in conservative media and retired agents. FBI director Christopher Wray had the processes checked at the time, but according to CNN came to the conclusion that in view of the circumstances there was no violation of guidelines. Officials had confirmed this to the broadcaster.
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