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Scott Pelley

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Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

and that they were half of these confrontations.

The Daily
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

And so I instructed my producers to find images over the past few weeks of these protests in which we see the protesters acting aggressively.

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Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

We found a picture of a protester chest-bumping an officer.

The Daily
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

We found a picture of an officer being hit in the head with a snowball.

The Daily
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

culled together a lot of video of protesters screaming in the faces of officers, because we were going to talk about the killing of Pretty and the killing of Good.

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Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

And it seemed to me important to tell the audience about the entire context.

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Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

In fact, I remember writing a line in the story

The Daily
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

that said that the protesters were pushing the boundaries of what it means to peacefully assemble, taking the language from the First Amendment.

The Daily
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

And I thought we'd done a really good job with this.

The Daily
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

We also included a picture of Alex Preti before he was killed kicking out a taillight on a police car and made a point of saying, this is Alex Preti and this is what he did.

The Daily
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

So the story goes through screenings.

The Daily
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

It's very well received.

The Daily
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

There are notes, as always.

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Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

And we do rewrites, as always.

The Daily
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

But this is on a very tight deadline.

The Daily
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

It's Sunday.

The Daily
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

We're going on the air that night.

The Daily
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

And in the case of stories that are, as we say, crashing, meaning right against the deadline, our deadline on Sunday is noon.

The Daily
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

So we work on all of these things.

The Daily
Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ’60 Minutes’

We get the piece approved by everyone.