When we look back, 2020 isn’t going to be remembered for many bright moments. It’ll be remembered for a global pandemic that shut down society and for the chaos that erupted after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. And while there will always be professional agitators ready to turn any incident into a spectacle, the nationwide rush to virtue signal turned otherwise rational adults into panicked followers. Even law enforcement — the very people tasked with keeping order — dropped to one knee in “solidarity” with crowds that were, in many cases, openly violent.
But now, years later, some of those same officers want to rewrite history. They’re suddenly claiming they had reasons for siding with the mobs, that their kneeling wasn’t weakness or capitulation but some misunderstood gesture.
You might remember the twelve FBI agents who decided it was a brilliant idea to kneel during a Floyd protest in Washington, D.C. Well, there’s a new sheriff at the Bureau now — Director Kash Patel — and unlike his predecessors, he’s not running a feelings-based FBI. Those agents were fired in September for their little display of political activism, and now they’re suing the Trump administration to get their jobs back.
This lawsuit will drag on for years, and they won’t get their jobs back. An FBI Director can hire and fire whomever he wants. https://t.co/aLCjsmWnRM
— Phil Kennedy (@PhillipAKennedy) December 8, 2025
The FBI Agents Association put out a statement that read, in part:
As Director Patel has repeatedly stated, nobody is above the law. But rather than providing these agents with fair treatment and due process, Patel chose to again violate the law by ignoring these agents’ constitutional and legal rights instead of following the requisite process.
The agents now insist that Kash Patel fired them because they supposedly weren’t “politically aligned” with President Donald Trump — a claim that sounds tailor-made for MS NOW ro CNN, not a federal lawsuit. But the real comedy kicks in when you read their explanation for why they knelt.
According to the agents, their kneeling wasn’t a political stunt at all — no, no, it was a heroic act of de-escalation. They say they were merely trying to calm down what was, in reality, a volatile protest that was rapidly turning hostile. And if that excuse sounds flimsy, just wait: the lawsuit includes an even more “colorful” historical comparison meant to justify their decision:
Plaintiffs were performing their duties as FBI Special Agents, employing reasonable de-escalation to prevent a potentially deadly confrontation with American citizens: a Washington Massacre that could have rivaled the Boston Massacre in 1770.
The Boston Massacre? Really?
The lawsuit also goes on to claim that the agents were not provided with “sufficient equipment for responding to civil unrest, such as riot shields, gas masks, helmets, or other tactical gear.”
Check out the smiling female agent…does it look like she thinks they are on the brink of another “Boston Massacre”??
FBI agents:
1) joined the mob,
2) were fired,
3) now suing.https://t.co/1SS8ewXne2— The New American Media (@American_Media_) December 10, 2025
No one seriously believes these agents were ordered to kneel — and why would they be? These are supposed to be members of the premier law-enforcement agency on the planet, not mall cops taking cues from the crowd. But their excuse has the same flavor as the old Nuremberg “we were just following orders” defense. It doesn’t add up, and it doesn’t inspire confidence.
What’s far more plausible is a classic herd mentality: one agent buckled, then the rest followed, each trying not to be the lone holdout who might attract the mob’s attention. And that “real” explanation is, frankly, just as disturbing.
Let’s remember what those protests actually looked like. The George Floyd riots were some of the most destructive and violent episodes this country has seen since the 1960s. So was this really about “de-escalation”… or was it simply, “Please don’t attack us — we’re with you”?
That explanation tracks perfectly with what their lawsuit claims — that the agents were caught in a “chaotic” situation where the crowd began deliberately surging toward them, getting “increasingly agitated” once they figured out they were FBI. Then came the chants: “Take a knee!” And instead of holding the line, the agents closest to the mob complied… and the rest folded like dominoes.
Their argument? Kneeling was “the most tactically sound means to prevent violence and maintain order.”
Really? Since when is surrender the preferred tactic of the premier federal law-enforcement agency? Since when is the right move to obey the demands of an angry mob?
No one wants violence — obviously. But calling it “tactically sound” to give a bully exactly what he wants isn’t de-escalation. It’s capitulation. It’s teaching the mob that intimidation works.
The lawsuit doesn’t stop at excuses — the agents now want their jobs back, a court declaration that their firings were unconstitutional, full back pay, additional damages, and a clean sweep of their personnel files. In other words: erase the consequences and pretend none of this ever happened.
Do these morons not realize they work for the AMERICAN PEOPLE???12 FBI agents fired for kneeling during racial justice protest sue to get their jobs back – ABC News https://t.co/pfaRRauQQl
— Angie (@angie_anson) December 10, 2025
But that raises a pretty serious question. If these agents are reinstated and the next situation on the ground gets tense, chaotic, or politically charged… who exactly will they kneel for next?
