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Disgraced Former Penn State DC Jerry Sandusky (convicted child molester)

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sandgk;2029104; said:
Considering the discovery was in the showers - I think the truth would be naked.
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What I said/meant was after he ran out of the shower, JS could have gone and gotten a gun. I'm not defending him not intervening in the shower, just leaving the building after he had run out. Also he should have called the police immediately, I said that above as well.
 
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LightningRod;2029058; said:
Not my department.

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How could that possibly even remotely work (only people who come into contact with children need to report whatever etc.). I mean I'm no lawyer, but that just seems ridiculous? Gator? BKB? anyone? By that rationale if a person knew of any crime against children and didn't report it, they wouldn't have to unless they worked at a school or something. Seems ridiculous.
 
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Gatorubet;2029013; said:
...was gonna go with "they call it 'daisy-chain of command' at Penn State", but my urge to shoot some people is interfering with my usual smart-assness. Just came from an Order of the Arrow Ordeal, and some of the scouts were only a few years older than that kid. Hell, some of the younger scouts looked very young. The man was committing rape on a child. Victims of such abuse grow up into ruined lives, self destructive behavior and drug and alcohol abuse because of this. People commit suicide years later after having relationship and trust issues their whole lives.

Homers are homers on all football boards to some extent, but if anyone defends this over at the state penn boards, they are truly delusional douches. :shake: And Joe, no last round of farewell games and award accepting. Immediate firing is in order.
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Therein lies the worst of this...football will go on, the NCAA will go on, Penn State will eventually go on, even if they clean house...but the kids who were affected by this, the ones who turned to this man's charity for help, the ones who were already troubled and vulnerable in their own lives to begin with...they wil never be the same. And nothing anyone does, or is charged with, or beats, or doesn't beat...can ever repair that damage. The fact that no one even tried just makes it all the worse.
 
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LightningRod;2029058; said:
Not my department.

APNewsBreak: PSU official's lawyer shapes defense
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Penn State's attempt at plausible deniability is insulting. They sound just like the Catholic church right now.

And I hope each and every one of Sandusky's victims takes that institution to the cleaners for all the money they can. No amount can ever give back to them what Sandusky (and Penn State, through their failure to act) took away. But they deserve at least that.
 
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They can say whatever they want.

Legally, you probably didn't have to tell anyone other than who you told Joe, but morally you should have followed up on it. You probably should have asked Sandusky for his keys. You probably should have told him to get the fuck out of State College.

Didn't do any of those things did you? McQueary?

Good God, if I actually SAW that with my own two eyes I'm not sure what I would have done to Sandusky. I know I would have done something to try and help that poor kid.

This is a sad, sordid tale that is going to tarnish Joe Paterno's legacy forever. He had a moral obligation here even if he did fulfill his LEGAL one.
 
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"As my grand jury testimony stated, I was informed in 1937 by an assistant that he had witnessed an incident at our New Jersey dirigible landing facility. It was obvious that the witness was distraught over what he saw, but he at no time related to me the very specific actions contained in the press report. Regardless, it was clear that the witness saw something inappropriate involving a large balloon-like airship and light and sound. I referred the matter to university administrators. I understand that people are upset and angry, but let's be fair and let the legal process unfold."
 
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ysubuck;2029123; said:
They can say whatever they want.

Legally, you probably didn't have to tell anyone other than who you told Joe, but morally you should have followed up on it. You probably should have asked Sandusky for his keys. You probably should have told him to get the [censored] out of State College.

Didn't do any of those things did you? McQueary?

Good God, if I actually SAW that with my own two eyes I'm not sure what I would have done to Sandusky. I know I would have done something to try and help that poor kid.

This is a sad, sordid tale that is going to tarnish Joe Paterno's legacy forever. He had a moral obligation here even if he did fulfill his LEGAL one.
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And therein lies the point I am (probably pooryl) making. A lot of people are hung up on the GA, but it's the people in positions of power that are really not only complicit, but partially responsible, for the acts committed. Hell maybe the GA figured or even knew that the police wouldn't do anything if he called them. Oh, they's show up to investigate, but Sandusky had worked there for 30 years and ran a children's charity...its conceivable he knew every member of the local PD personally, and he doubtlessly would have had a sweet little story thought up by the time they got there. If anything, the GA told the one person is State College that would have FORCED them to do something had he (Paterno) pursued it with the authorities...and he didn't. He told the AD and then let it go. He let it go, just like the AD and the President and whoever else let it go. They all swept it under the rug. That's not on the GA< that's on people with decision-making power, those that are entrusted by a state to run it's likely largest institution.

It rests on ther shoulders of those that knew about something in 1994 and didn't say or do anything. It rests on those who allowed Sandusky to retire instead of being fired. It rests on those that left his emeritus status and allowed him to keep an office on campus in 1998. It rests with those who allowed him to become the top candidate at ANOTHER Division I school and didn't say anything to them about it in 2001 (right now parents in Charlottesville are breathing a sigh of relief). It rests on those who didn't report an eye witness account to the STATE authorities in 2002. It rests on those who STILL allowed the man to use Penn State athletic events as a way to woo, entice, and especially groom young boys AFTER all of that had even occurred in 2003 and beyond. All of those people in positions of authority should never have a single day of authority or peace again, because those people are responsible for allowing abuse to go on for years after it could have been stopped/
 
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