60 Minutes
Nation in Crisis | A Long Siege | Failure to Protect
Season 52, Episode 32 · Aired 2020-06-07
Synopsis
Nation in Crisis – Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, tells Bill Whitaker what the killing of George Floyd and its aftermath means for America and how society should move forward. The Long Siege – San Antonio, Texas, has begun reopening businesses and easing the restrictions imposed to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Scott Pelley reports on a city walking a fine line between easing the devastating economic consequences of lockdown and the potential uptick in infections and deaths it could cause. Failure to Protect – An Oklahoma law created to protect children from abuse punishes people deemed guilty of failing to stop the abuse. But Sharyn Alfonsi finds the cases of over a dozen women who were more severely punished than the men who did the abusing.
In the series
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Key cast
- Mike Wallace as Correspondent
- Morley Safer as Correspondent
- Harry Reasoner as Correspondent
- Ed Bradley as Correspondent
- Diane Sawyer as Correspondent
Also in season 52
- S52E01 The Impeachment Inquiry | Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman | Great White Sharks
- S52E02 The Impeachment Debate | The Ranger and the Serial Killer | The Farmer's Advocate
- S52E03 Hong Kong | Nadia | Psychedelic Science
- S52E04 Tree of Life | Madame Lagarde | The Columbus Letters
- S52E05 Joe Biden | The Emerald Triangle | Giant Panda
- S52E06 Maria Butina | The Battle of Brexit | The Wright Way