"The suit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that Patel, the FBI, and other members of Donald Trump's administration "violated the First Amendment by targeting the FBI agents based on their assumptions about the agents' partisan political affiliations" and "violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment by summarily dismissing the agents years later, in contravention of FBI policy, and after the FBI had already cleared the agents,""
"The agents were stationed in Washington, D.C., when protests broke out in many cities over the killing of Floyd, a Black man, by police in Minneapolis May 25, 2020. On June 4 of that year, they were patrolling D.C. "when they were confronted by a mob that included hostile individuals alongside families with young children," the lawsuit states. They "remained calm" and "avoided triggering violence by assuming a kneeling posture associated with de-escalation between law enforcement officers and their communities,"
Twelve former FBI agents sued after being fired in September for kneeling during a June 4, 2020 George Floyd protest while patrolling Washington, D.C. The complaint names Kash Patel, the FBI, Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Department of Justice, and the Executive Office of the President as defendants. The suit alleges violation of the First Amendment by targeting agents based on assumed partisan affiliations and violation of the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause by summarily dismissing agents years later, contrary to FBI policy and after prior clearance. The agents were identified as John Does and Jane Does. Their kneeling posture reportedly defused a potentially violent confrontation.
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