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Scott Pelley

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

And about four hours after our deadline, Barry Weiss sends an email to my boss, Tanya Simon.

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

Two of the things in the email include, can we make the protesters look more violent?

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

Now, I'm paraphrasing, I don't have the quote, but that's what was communicated to me.

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

And the other thing was, Renee Good's car, you need to describe her as driving toward the officer.

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

This is not what you see on the video.

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

On the video, you see the officer standing slightly off the front of the car, and you clearly see Miss Good's wheels turned completely as far as they will go, away from the officer.

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

But he shoots her in the head, kills her.

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

and says something about her in that moment that I can't repeat in polite company.

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

So we have gone out of our way in our plan from the very beginning to show the protesters for the responsibility that they had.

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

We had already scrubbed the video archives looking for those scenes, but it somehow wasn't enough for Ms.

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

Weiss.

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

The video showed that the officer wasn't standing in front of the car and she wasn't driving toward him, but that's what the president said about that, and that's the way she wanted it described.

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

Including an excellent one by the New York Times.

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

The video that I showed in our piece.

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

clearly showed the officer's feet.

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

So if he's standing in front of the car, you can't see his feet.

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

And it very clearly showed that the wheels were turned away from him, what appeared to be the maximum turn until the wheel had stopped.

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

I asked my producers, look, I told you to find violent video of the protesters so we could represent that accurately.

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

Now I want you to go back and look again.

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

Did we leave anything out that's important?