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Rioting Penn State Students Topple TV Van & Attack Reporter in Wake of Paterno Firing

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Police in riot gear have confronted hundreds of Penn State students who took to the streets after the ouster of football coach Joe Paterno. Crowds toppled a television news van and at least one photographer has been pelted with a rock.

Rioting Penn State Students Topple TV Van & Attack Reporter in Wake of Paterno Firing

Police hold back students after they reacted off campus Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in State College, Pa. to Penn State board of trustees firing of football coach Joe Paterno Wednesday. Hundreds of students gathered about two blocks from the campus, with some chanting "We want Joe! We want Joe!" Some shook a lamp post and others tipped over the news van, kicking out its windows. Police fired bursts of pepper gas. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The students flooded downtown State College on Wednesday night after Paterno and university President Graham Spanier were fired amid a growing furor linked to their handling of sex abuse allegations against a former assistant football coach.

Rioting Penn State Students Topple TV Van & Attack Reporter in Wake of Paterno Firing

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Officers used pepper spray to control the crowd. Some students chanted ‘We want Joe! We want Joe!” Others kicked in the windows out of the toppled news van.

Rioting Penn State Students Topple TV Van & Attack Reporter in Wake of Paterno Firing

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Paterno had announced earlier in the day he planned to retire after the season and expressed remorse for not having done more after he learned of the sex assault allegations.

Rioting Penn State Students Topple TV Van & Attack Reporter in Wake of Paterno Firing

Penn State students and others gather off campus following the firing of football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier amid the growing furor over how the school handled sex abuse allegations against an assistant coach, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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  • CMann122
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:48am

    It’s important to note that the MAJORITY of the students were PEACEFUL. Of course, a small group of students decides to become violent, and this is what the media reports.

    As far as the Joe Paterno fiasco… hindsight is 20/20. If he had wanted to cover it up, calling the person in charge of the campus police is a funny way of doing that.

    Obviously he didn’t do ENOUGH. However, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE he ACTIVELY covered up the incident. There IS evidence to the opposite; he reported it to his supervisors. Where is the malice of intent? The media has committed a character assassination with Joe Paterno over the past few days. The only man to do something right (report it to authorities) is punished for it. Now the media asks us to reconsider Paterno‘s life’s work, and incredible service to the University, game of football, and student’s lives, because of one mistake, albeit a tragic and devastating one.

    While there are still questions, it is possible and even LIKELY given the evidence, that Paterno did not fully comprehend the severity of the situation. To CLAIM that Paterno actively “enabled” the REAL criminal, Sandusky, or intentionally brushed it under the carpet, is BASELESS and WRONG.

    Why are we so quick to tear down a man who has done so much good? There is no excuse for violence, but it’s no wonder the students at Penn State are angry at the media.

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    • Ronko
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 5:42am

      I definitely agree with you, Joe is being thrown under the bus so that Penn State can save face. I can‘t excuse the behavior that the students showned last night but I understand their frustration and I probably would’ve joined them although I wouldn‘t commit violence as I’m smarter then that. As a Penn State fan I‘m ticked off that Joe is taking the fall when it’s others that are to blame. He’s being punished for a moral issue, you can’t punish morality because if you did then we all are guilty. It’ll work out though, he’s held the football program back at least 10 years and with new leadership things will be better off, although that will take a couple of years. Sadusky is the real villian in all of this remember that, he’s the one who raped those children and he will certainly go to hell for his crimes.

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    • TheBurningTruth
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 5:48am

      Yeah, well virtually ALL Tea Party attendees were both peaceful and respectful at all the rallies I’ve seen yet one or two Progressive Liberal agitators with bogus signs got the whole Tea Party labeld as racists. Face it, college kiddies are too stupid and easily manipulated. Where ever they protest, “a small number of them” usually get into a riot somewhere, yet the left always excuses this as “a small number”.

      By the way, does this mean that those students FAVOR child abuse? It sure looks like they’re more interested in winning the next football game than dealing with this scandal.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:01am

      That’s hilarious RONKO. Paterno’s BS facade of choir boy is blown wide open. The only ones thrown under the bus are the boys that Joe Pa allowed to get raped by his friend and heir apparent because he was too spineless and corrupt to see the pedophile prosecuted more then a decade ago.

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    • smackdown33
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:11am

      Paterno did exactly what he was supposed to do. He went to the police.

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    • holy ghostbuster
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:32am

      @Smackdown33 – Paterno did NOT go to the police. That is why he has admitted he should have done more. He only reported the incident to Athletic director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz, after hearing about it from the then graduate assistant, Mike McQueary. Paterno is probably also in violation of law, regarding him to report suspected child abuse to police. Why is he not being prosecuted with Curley and Schultz?

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    • DagneyT
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:36am

      Firing Joe Paterno after all he has meant to that college is outrageous! My family has known him for years. This man and his wife tutored their football players at their kitchen table. He coached his team to wins that no one ever expected they could win. He did the right thing. He found out, turned the perpetrator in, it was those above him who should have been fired. They were the liars. What a travesty.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:42am

      1/3 or all child molestations are commited by homosexual men. the more that our society allows homosexuality, the more we will see this type of behavior. Male on male sexual assaults in growing rapidly in the army, but no one want to talke about it and violate the PC rules.

      Homosexuality is a devienct behavior. America is going to crumble if we continue to allow it to be accepted. It should be stomped out and gotten rid of.

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    • Obama_Sham
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:49am

      “That’s hilarious RONKO. Paterno’s BS facade of choir boy is blown wide open.”

      That is exactly right… Other allegations that have directly implicated Paterno, in the past, were somehow swept under the rug… Lets see… Some of the accusations against this guy ranged from sexual misconduct to NCAA recruiting violations… ALL OF WHICH, GOT SWEPT UNDER THE RUG… To label Joe Pa as an innocent old man is extremely naive…

      With that said, Joe Pa may or may not be guilty involving these latest allegations… Penn St., as a business, has to distance itself from this incident… And that includes Joe Pa…

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:51am

      To:
      RONKO/SMACKDOWN, and anyone who thinks Paterno’s firing was unjust. You are wrong and not thinking clearly. Certainly, you somehow think Paterno did everything he COULD have. WRONG AGAIN!
      Maybe you can come back here to answer this…….

      If Paterno was so upright, why didn’t he tell higher-ups at PS that if they didn’t pursue the rape incident with ST. College and/or STATE police, that he would report it himself?

      Paterno knew from accusations/rumors about Sandusky from incidents BEFORE the 2002 rape that Sandusky’s character was suspect, at best. Really, do you both think that Joe-Pa wouldn’t have heard those rumors?

      As well, why-why-why did Joe go on and keep quiet from 2002 until things blew up? Answer that for me. While we’ are at it, answer why Sandusky was allowed to still come ‘on campus’ with all those people (including Paterno), knowing about the 2002 incident. Have you heard that its now 2011?

      Paterno was as complicit in covering up as anyone. He knew what happened for 9YEARS, and said nothing! Joe has to go, along with McQueary.
      Another question, why wouldn’t a 28 y/o ex-football player try to stop the rape of a 10 y/o boy by a then 60 y/o man, who he obviously could have subdued or at least ended the rape attack?

      Penn State deserves whatever they get. Hopefully, the Big Ten/NCAA will suspend PS for a period of time commensurate with the obvious cover-up they perpetuated.

      Paterno should be under the bus, along with several othe

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    • loriann12
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:56am

      As a child abuse victim myself, I‘d say he either didn’t believe the reports or didn’t care enough to follow up. I wasn’t believed as a child and nothing was done. I know how the victims feel. I’m lucky in the fact that almost 40 years after the incident, my abuser was arrested for child porn and is now in a state prison. But any length of time for justice is too long.

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:08am

      CMANN22……
      Sorry, but why did the students form a mob? and…….
      don’t angry mobs always have a few violent agitators in their group, somewhere?

      Did they think through what had happened to those boys?
      Did they approve of Paterno continuing his career as though nothing had happened, 9 YEARS ago?
      Did they realize that Paterno, had he really been so upstanding, would not have been able to live with knowing what Sandusky did to at least 8 boys?

      Ask yourself this…..who do you think is in charge of Penn State’s football program? Do you know it is a program that produces a $50 million profit/year?

      So….supporters of Joe Paterno, answer these questions, and, by the way, I’ve read nothing that he went to campus police, but his next in command. Either way, he should have went to the police HIMSELF if he was so righteous.

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:11am

      The campus police are culpable too and they are simply rent-a-cops working within a contained system. A few of them should have been let go also.

      The pervert got a pass by the system and more harm than good came of it. You don’t just sit down when something this serious is going on…you shout it to the roof tops till something is done to take the pervert out of the environment that allows him or her to continue to do wrong.

      Ethics class anyone? Same goes for the Catholics and the teachers. (both only get moved to another building, another city, another state and continue to do what they do)

      It only takes a minority to make the majority look foolish when the system breaks down.

      These children, yes still children till 25 or 30, have no ideal how they appear to real adults who know better. They are part of the problem also…they stir the cauldron of goats head soup…mooo

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    • t00nces2
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:12am

      I have to say, if I saw a 50+ man anally raping a 10 year old boy, I think I would report it to the police. If my assistant coach told me he witnessed the event, I would accompany him to the police station to report the event. I doubt I would let the person return to my facility until he had been cleared of any wrongdoing by the authorities.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:27am

      @Cmann122 — on this matter you are right; it seems he was made a pariah and a scape goat by the university due to the fact he did what was legally required; and the fact the police investigations show he did the right thing in reporting it. Shows just where the progressives real agendas are.

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    • smackdown33
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:30am

      Holy Ghostbuster, you are correct. I’ve just read the grand jury report and it is sickening. They all need to go, and I hope that there are more charges coming. I apologize for ever defending Paterno. Hang’em High, piece of crap.

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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:30am

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      Paterno had announced earlier in the day he planned to retire after the season and expressed remorse for not having done more after he learned of the sex assault allegations.

      “Expressed Remorse” ever hear of 9-1-1 Joe? A CHILD WAS RAPED IN YOUR LOCKER ROOM SHOWER AND ALL YOU DO IS Express remorse…….He should be in a PREP WALK with everyone at Penn St. who knew. And I want to know where are the parents? If it were my kid, they would have to deploy the S.W.A.T. team to protect them…..

      All who knew need to go to JAIL………………..

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    • scphillipp1
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:02am

      Well said.

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    • PPMStudios
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:14am

      I seriously hope you’re joking! “Paterno did not fully comprehend the severity of the situation”?? What color is the sky in your world?? He KNEW about the child molestation you moron!! Pedophilia is the absolute worst crime against humanity!! The severity?? It was a child that was molested!! Gawd, you and the other idiots defending any of these Penn State guys in this thread need to understand that!

      By admittedly knowing about the abuse, Joe Pa is an accessory to child molestation!! PERIOD!!!

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    • rangerp
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:16am

      I have not studied the facts of this in-depth, but if what I read is correct, a staff member walked in and saw the assistant coach molesting a boy, then went and told the head coach, who notified school officials.

      How does one walk in and see a grown man molesting a child, and not stop it. If that is not a cause for physical violence, then what is? I do not understand not calling the police, but I really cannot understand not trying to stomp the guts out of the assistant coach.

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:19am

      The students should have taken their message to the molesters house…

      There is no way in hell that Penn could have kept Paterno on the job and Paterno knows this better than anyone that College Football is big business.

      The bottom line is Paterno looked the other way when he and all the others that “KNEW” should have stood up and protected those boys… it was his job as a human being and he chose to look the other way.

      Paterno had to go!

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    • YoungBloodNews
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:20am

      WHY NOT RIOT OVER OUT OF CONTROL COLLEGE COSTS (that rise EVERY year)? Oh wait, that would be to smart for you drones to consider, enjoy your football while our nation burns.

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    • The Gooch
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:31am

      So football is more important than the safety of children and acting as a man? Go figure.
      I’ve seen this play out locally. If the coach can produce, ANYTHING can be forgiven.
      So talking to the police and seeing nothing was done absolves the man? But I thought we were supposed to be men of action in Amercica, not thralls of the state who assume it will all work out for the best once we settle for depending on an agent of the state. And there’s no way local police could have been complicit, right?
      Listen, by all account, this fellow Paterno is generally a good guy. But he failed to act beyond doing what he had to and not doing what he should do: Make damn sure a witnessed pervert was dealt with by the authorities either thru law enforcement or his employer.
      Defend at the risk of asserting there are different rules for different people and the definition of manhood is doing the bare minimum.
      Wake up, cheerleaders. Your sacred cows can and should be held accountable for such filthy and sloppy behavior. It’s like watching union thugs and leftists rally around their man regardless of how tainted any given hero might be. Seems like the same pathetic behavior on display by the “occupiers.”

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:34am

      joe was not thrown under the busm he covered for a sex predator. nuff said

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    • YoungBloodNews
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:35am

      Keep selectively modding my posts BLAZErs, shows the shill’s you really are. Ill say it again and over and over:

      F JoePa, he knew about this and didn’t do enough. He worked with this man daily and considered him a friend. Good job rioting DRONES, shows how far ‘higher’ eduction has come. Did you know Dexter Manly went to college for 4 years then later admitted he could NOT EVEN READ???? NCAA and sports $$$$ dominate these institutions and they are as corrupt as the Pols in Washington.

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    • JRook
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:36am

      Ah the naivete of youth. This is a Win Win Win. The board takes strong action. Joe exits stage left. And they pay out his contract. If he is lucky the investigation moves off of him. Let’s get real here, nothing happened at Penn St. football over the past 40+ years that was not decided by Paterno. The retirement of Sanduski in 1999 is interesting to say the least. As is the disappearance of the DA who was handling the case, declared dead in 2009. To believe the Paterno merely reported the allegations in 2002 and did not have followup discussions and involvement in what was and wasn’t done in 1999 and 2002 is to blatantly naive. He is the greatest college football coach of all time. He is human. He was very much involved in this one and showed what we hope is a rare lack of character and competence.

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    • TXJackrabbit
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:43am

      If he was anyone else he would have been indicted by the grand jury too. He did not report the incident to the proper authorities. The people he did report too have been indicted for not reporting to the proper authorities. How is Joe P different? He’s lucky to get out of this without being indicted. If he’d informed the proper authorites back then, the incident would be all but forgotten by now.

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    • s.n.
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 8:48am

      No one tore down Joe Pa except Joe Pa. He did this to himself and he is guilty…who knows if he actually did turn his head and what he did or did not know….problem is that when he did find out…he did NOTHING. He is guilty and deserved to be fired. You catch an fellow employee smoking weed in the bathroom….yeah you go to your boss. You find out one of your people is raping a 10 year old and you only call the AD…a day after you find out?????? Yes he deserved to be fired and I for one home charges are ultimately filed against this man.Have you read the Grand Jury report? It will piss you off and make you sick to your stomach.

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    • ColoradoMaverick
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:02am

      Paterno should have done more. He didn’t do more. These are facts. Young boys were molested by a homosexual pedophile and the University failed, big time. People should be fired. The University should be sued. Things need to change. Kids need ultimate protection. The pervert needs to be executed. I don’t think Paterno knew details, but he did turn a blind eye and should have reported this to the authorities, not the University. They obviously don’t care.

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    • LJK622
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:30am

      Lots of blame to go around. Graduate student that witnessed it, then everyone who knew ANYTHING about it should have grabbed a bat and beat the perv till the cops got there. No one has an excuse in this case. Try telling the kid who got raped that Joe did enough.

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:38am

      Once again your chickens are coming home to roost. As you bash islam with your narrative of it’s founder being a pedophile-turns out this country is awash with pedophila. The most respectful among you indulge unabashedly in it and get the protection from those around them! Look at your own american cess pool culture of pedophilia.hypocrites!

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    • YoungBloodNews
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:55am

      @Rose

      Who’s bashin Islam? I thought they despised homosexuals?

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 10:00am

      @ Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:27am

      @Cmann122 — on this matter you are right; it seems he was made a pariah and a scape goat by the university due to the fact he did what was legally required; and the fact the police investigations show he did the right thing in reporting it. Shows just where the progressives real agendas are.
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      I posted the Attorney Generals statements and charges. Paterno knew as early as 1994 that Sandusky was a dirt bag. Rather than demanding his removal he continued allowing a pedophile to remian on his staff. That’s gross negligence, if not outright making him complicit. Even after Sandusky retired in 1998 there were more accusations, and yet Paterno gave this pedophile an office. In 2002 when McQueary saw and reported it nothing was done. McQueary has already given a deposition that he was specific that Sandusky was raping what appeared to be a 10 year old boy in reporting to Paterno. What were Paterno’s comments? He wasn’t aware of the serious nature of the allegations and simply reported it to the AD. Either Paterno is lying, or McQueary is lying. Given the “fact” that Paterno has known about Sandusky’s perversion, it says rather loudly that Paterno is a liar.

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    • izzy1127
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:12pm

      @RANGERP: So the majority of molestations happen by str8 men? How the hell can homosexuality be an issue if 2/3′s of the molesters are “str8” men? Homosexuals can take that status and throw it right back in your face just like I’m doing. And please share with the people on the Blaze how “you” would stomp out and get rid of homosexuality. Maybe the same way Iran does? Just kill ‘em all. You’re a sick, sick man, or woman, and need serious therapy. Can‘t believe more commentors didn’t try to “stomp” your bigoted a$$ right off the blaze.

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    • @leftfighter
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:35pm

      That’s a well thought out and argued position, but I disagree entirely.

      Joe Paterno sold his soul for the Most NCAA Division-I Football Wins title the minute he made the decision to let Sandusky keep coaching, despite what he knew.

      If ever there was a non-recruiting or booster violation that warranted the Death Penalty in the NCAA, this is it. If I’m an NCAA board member, I’m thinking real hard to myself if I want to begin thinking about finding out when JoePa corssed the line into malfeasance and strip him of every win after that day.

      I understand that he turned the investigation over to his superiors. I get that. Cool. But he let him keep coaching for 15 years without giving it a second thought? Really?! There’s such a thing as a suspension with pay until the facts are sorted out. That never happened. In fact, it appears to me that JoePa turned it over to someone he knew would try to cover for the program as best as he could.

      I‘d be shocked and amazed if the NCAA didn’t look into stripping wins over this. Paterno has no right to be called the all time winningest coach in NCAA history if this is how he got that title.

      The “Hey, I can’t keep my eyes on everyone, all the time” argument doesn’t work when boosters are spreading money around or when players are cheating. In that case, the buck stops at the coach. It should in this case as well.

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    • Amerika TheFree
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:20pm

      THANK YOU!!!! said exactly what i think….

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:25pm

      Paterno was in a significant leadership position as well as being idolized. He is not only paid to turn out winning teams to generate income for the university. He was made aware of a crime being committed on university property. He had a duty to obtain full clarification of what the grad student saw. He had a duty to take action to a conclusion. He failed in his duty. It is simple. Sad but simple.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:51pm

      @izzy1127

      Have you ever studied statistics????

      gays make up only 2% of the population. One third of child molestations are done by homosexuals. that is significant.

      Deviant sex behavior includes homosexuality, bestiality, pedophilia…. The molesters that are not gay are also deviant.

      What is your point?

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  • Patriot from Pittsburgh
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:39am

    The anger by so many is misdirected, no thanks to the media we all love. Mcqueary saw the incident and reported it first to his father. His Dad told him to go to Paterno. Why he was told this since Sandusky was not employed by Paterno or under his direction is unreal. He should have gone to the police. Paterno went to the head of the police on campus and reported it. Page 8 of the grand jury states it. Why is no one hearing this part of it? He went to the authorities about something he heard second hand. He did not cover it up.

    On a side topic, the PSU riots were being discussed on a local reporter’s Facebook page. He was appalled with it. I said something about the Occupy group not getting as much negative media and that has been going on for weeks. He said there was damage to property and they were throwing rocks at the police. When I informed this news anchor of the rapes and crime at Occupy protests, he DELETED my words. So much for him liking free speech!

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:52am

      No, Sandusky for “some” of the rapes was not “technically” an employee, but Joe Paterno none the less gave him an office on Campus in the Athletic Department.

      Lets let the Pennsylvania Attorney Generals office explain “the current” charges (MANY more get ready to be levied). Paterno is as guilty as Sandusky and should follow him off to prison.

      http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=6270

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    • smackdown33
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:27am

      If you were a true patriot from Pittsburgh, you would have gotten rid of Tino Sunseri a long time ago.

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:21am

      Campus police should have involved those that have jurisdiction over such allegations…they college system of checks and balances failed the victims…and what is the count today?

      You and everyone here must know that reporting it to the campus police is not reporting it to the authorities who are charged with managing such affairs???

      Me, I’d gone to the real police had not the system worked within the campus. That is why they are calling it a cover up…no real authority was contacted. The system failed the victims.

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    • s.n.
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 9:08am

      You must have gone to PSU…cuz you can’t read. It does not say Paterno went to to campus police….it says he contacted his A.D. and later on page 8 it says that Curley did NOT report any of it to any police agency.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:34am

    A University is a place of Baby Sitters! If a Witness or the Parents believed that a Crime was committed, they should have reported it Officially to the Police. You do not shoot the Generals if the Troop misbehave!

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  • Hepcat
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:25am

    http://tuition.psu.edu/tuitiondynamic/rates.aspx?location=up

    Penn State tuition for non-Pennsylvania residents starts at $27,000.

    For Pennsylvania residents, it starts at $15,000.

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    • BobM
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:49am

      Oh, THIS is a real “on topic” comment! You have GOT TO BE an “Occupier”.

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  • idarusskie
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:20am

    The grand jury knew a lot.
    anyone else would have had his butt in prison long ago.
    http://www.freep.com/article/20111110/NEWS07/111100541/What-grand-jury-alleges-Penn-State-sex-abuse-case

    What was the local prosecutor doing? The thing is there were a lot of people turning their heads the other way. If I were a parent I would be talking with lawyers.

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  • johnpaulkuchtajr
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:19am

    I was holding my two day old grandson as I read some of the posts yesterday that echoed a lot of sympathy for Paterno. How in the hell does someone look at their own children, imagine something like a shower scene at the hands of a sexual predator and still express sympathy for the coach?

    This should have all ended in 2002 when the grad student saw what was taking place in that shower. I mean, sexual predators slip, fall and break their necks all the time in showers, don’t they?

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    • Inmyopinion
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 5:26am

      I would like to know why the grad student who witnessed the assult didn’t rush into save the kid. He knew he was seen by Sandusky. If I had seen it, I would of beat the crap out of Sandusky and then called the police. Seems to me a lot of so called men were whimps and Paterno is included. Paterno deserves every thing he is getting right now.

      If he were a real man, he would go to the protesters and tell them to stop, tell them he was wrong and the college was right for firing him.

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:17am

      JOHNPAUL and INMYOPINION……..
      I agree completely! That Grad-student could have taken out Sandusky. He was an ex-football player.
      I have no sympathy whatsoever for Paterno, McQueary, or anyone else who knew about Sandusky’s antics. Believe me, the football fraternity is not so big that word wasn‘t around about ol’Jerry.
      Remember, this happened in 2002, and it was covered up all that time.

      Penn State proud, my ass! Stop trying to be so pompous about Penn State, daddys, mommys, and alumni of PS.

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    • onegodinkansas
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:39am

      I would’ve beaten that criminal like a rented mule there in the shower. The police would have been called to save him.

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  • RichNGadsden
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:15am

    So, the OWS mess has taught our nation’s young to just riot if you do not like a decision or action. In this case a very sensible action. I had always had a lot of respect for Paterno until now. Naturally, I do not know the specifics, but not only Paterno just had to know something was wrong in this situation, but others had to as well within his staff. Others had to know because somebody finally came out and talked about the criminal act. I feel that others within Sanduski’s chain of command will be quietly dismissed eventually. As they should be.

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  • critterbait
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:09am

    I live and worked `around PSU all my life the arrogance of these folks at PSSU moved beyound reason and it became stupidity.The thing is now they are talking about having Tom Ridge the ex Pa Gov come in as president of PSSU. Is it a good thing or did it just get worse ?
    Pray for us who live in the State College area I think theres alot more to come.

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  • Hepcat
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:04am

    Hey, you‘re only allowed riot if you’re a Marxist with good intentions. You’d figure college students would know that by now.

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    • RichNGadsden
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:18am

      They are just that, college students. That means for the most part that they are Marxists, socialists, with a probable mix of communist. Of course taught to be so by their very own college professors.

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    • Wilbur D Pig
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 5:01am

      @RICHNGADSDEN
      I disagree. Sure, some are, and will always be that way, but others will eschew academia or puplic service, and join the private sector (or as I like to think of it, the “paying” sector). As of yet, they have not gone out into the real world. Never had a career job. Never “paid their fair share” to support others who will not “work their fair share.” Give them time. A good portion of them will see the light soon and become conservatives. Question is, will it be in time to save the republic as we know it.

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:35am

      Actually, most if not all, are sheep being herded by the liberal professors. And as for rioting…it’s a bloody party.

      moooo

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  • burnteye86
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:33am

    What high school kid would want to play for Penn State now? What parent would want to pay to send their kid to a school that would hide and cover up a coach who rapes a 10 year old boy? Penn State? I say Sin State.

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  • beensoup
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:33am

    So, these are products of an American college? These fools are going to run our world?

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    • momsense
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 5:48am

      yep– these and the Occupiers—-We’re in trouble.

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  • Talmid of Yeshua
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:32am

    I see these liberal students support NAMBLA. A PSU faculty member rapes little boys, PSU fires him, students riot.

    Why can’t these idiots riot in my neighborhood and attempt to overturn my car. I have been to target practice in years.

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:28am

      TALMID says…….
      “I see these liberal students support NAMBLA. A PSU faculty member rapes little boys, PSU fires him, students riot.”

      Very good point! That’s exactly how the left (not you) deamonizes and distorts. We have to learn how to turn the tables on them by using their tactics.
      Excellent job! I would agree with you that those students support child sexual abuse/rape. TOUCHE!

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  • ustabhip
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:30am

    Wow…..just wow. I cannot believe the total ignorance of that statement!

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  • Lord_Frostwind
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:29am

    What a high note for a great man’s career.

    Penn State, you have dishonored the legacy of Coach Paterno.

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  • sillyfreshness
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:22am

    I really don’t know every exact detail of this, but what I’m wondering is why is this whole thing just now coming out after 17 years? This perp has been retired from Penn St. since 1999, so why did it take until now for justice? I really don’t think this Joe would protect a child molester anymore than if his assistant had murdered someone. I think he turned it in to be investigated as protocol, the investigation resulted in nothing, so Joe must have felt there were no merits to the allegations. From what I read, one of Joe’s assistants is the guy who reported the incident originally. Why did he come out about it again now so many years later? Was he wanting Joe to take an early retirement maybe?

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    • BDL1980
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:36am

      He ran a Summer Training program for kids as young as 4th grade for Penn state from 2002 -2008 where he continued to abuse and rape boys. Because of the inaction of the the School, Coach and the other guy who though reported it WALKED AWAY FROM SEEING A TEN YEAR OLD RAPED.

      The school the coach and the witness all make me sick. They all need to be fired and the school sued and criminal charges investigated for the cover up.

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  • burnteye86
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:19am

    Remember the ‘88 Florida Citrus Bowl.
    bwahahahaha

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    • burnteye86
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:38am

      What was the name of the Grad student who actually saw it/ Why didn’t he follow up on it when nothing happened?

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  • sillyfreshness
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:14am

    This can go in that upcoming video “college punks gone wild.”

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  • marion
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:12am

    Do these people actually realize what they are being violent about? Has the education system gotten so bad that ethics and moral judgement doesn’t matter? The difference between this and Herman Cain accusers is, this has been corroborated as fact and not fiction. I have no simpathy towards anyone that molests children or a person that allows it to go unpunished. If I were going to the school, I don‘t think I would be supporting rioting and destroying a news van because they are airing someone’s dirty little secret, either. At the same time, one more day to follow up and then updates when they happen, but it has had enough front page news, page A8 from here on would be enough for me.

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    • TheBurningTruth
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 5:54am

      Yes, this is what Progressive Liberal education is all about. If you don’t get your way, terrorize “the man” until you do. You can see it throughout society. The Progressive Left sincerely believes that whatever they want is correct and whatever means they need to achieve it is acceptable. In this case, it’s about winning the next football game instead of about getting to the bottom of a rape/molestation case. That’s what our universities have turned into. While we were working, the Progressives took over education from K through grad school and are churning out little leftist robots.

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:44am

      You got it Marion…it‘s been going on since the 60’s…the system is crumbling before us now…we get to witness the fall.

      And all we can do is to be the best examples for those who are on the edge. They look at what we do, what we say and how we behave.

      We are up to bat since the system is crumbling…we get it…we understand.

      God Speed

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  • OhSnappage
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:02am

    They tackled just the news van? LOL They probably realized the media sucks in there job to report actual issues. So maybe they won’t overlook it if they were targeted also?

    Of coarse it’s the violent mob rule that the media supports. The perfect bully victim is the cooperative ones. Someone give OWS the address for the NYTimes they very well might have a buffet spread for protestors to ransack there building.

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  • Kilkman
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:55am

    It is not politically correct to report this kind of activity unless it involves christian conservatives. It goes against the narrative.

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  • Kilkman
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:49am

    What makes this wrong is that if Joe had pushed beyond what he did when this occurred, He likely would have been let go for “Homophobia”. If Joe has to be let go, so does every reporter that ignores and downplays these predatory attacks every day trying to avoid raising anti gay sentiments.

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  • grayling646
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:46am

    This is just a sad situation all around. The perverted actions of one man and the complete lack of action on the part of other men have caused this whole thing. Part of me feels sorry for JoPa, part of me says he had it coming.

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:34am

      GRAYLING46…..
      I don’t feel sorry for Joe. Sorry I have to say that, but he was possibly more-interested in his legacy, his relationship with Sandusky of more than 30 years, and another win than going to police, himself, if neccessary.
      He did not do the right thing. Period!

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  • hippyhater
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:43am

    He knew abuse was going on in his own program. he should have been a stand up guy and reported it at the time to the cops. he didn’t and the abuse continued. then he didn’t step down on his own and was fired as he should have been. his inaction exposed the university to liability in future litigation. so the university fired him and the students reaction was to riot. i guess if you win enough football games you’re not accountable when children are being molested. i hope the school is disqualified for the entire football season this year for the students actions. if you think that’s harsh just ask the parents of the abused children what the punishment should be.

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  • AliceInObamaland
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:37am

    They aren’t the only college gone nuts, Berkley just got occupied. They are protesting tuition hikes, at least they are taking it to the university. Tomorrow they plan to target a BofA, opps I said target, doh! I did it again.

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    • RichNGadsden
      Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:00am

      Finally, somebody is holding the college responsible for the outrageous expenses instead of the lender. I have to laugh to myself that they are doing this at Berkley. That campus must be responsible for turning out the least prepared college grads than any other college/university in this nation.

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  • pamela kay
    Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:35am

    It upsets me to see the violence. They should have handled it in a peaceful way. This coach did at least go to the head of the college and report what he was told, but he should have gone to the police as well when he realized that nothing was done about the incident. I have to wonder why the student that confided in the coach isn’t being named as well. Afterall he evidently did not go to the proper authorities either. It is a shame because it seems this man was very well liked and has otherwise done a good job. However that does not excuse the fact that he knew his associate was a danger to children and chose to let him slide.

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