Penn State AD charged with perjury -- *UPDATE 2* Sandusky Arrested Again

Re: Penn State AD charged with perjury in Sandusky investigation

Paterno didn't see it. A grad-assitant did.

Why didn't the GA go to the cops? Huh? He witnessed it first-hand and did nothing? WTF?
Where is the outrage there ... Isn't that almost as bad as David Cash, the Bad Samaritan?
Again, Paterno's info was second-hand.. The grad-assistant - in his mid-20's - failed to directly intervene?
But Paterno's the guy you all want to throw to the wolves?

 

Re: Penn State AD charged with perjury in Sandusky investigation

Support for the football program aside, what does it take for somebody to do the right thing? They can hide behind semantics and "Oh, but I reported it to my boss" excuses, but the sad truth is they had no problem with allow the continued rape of children if speaking out against it might damage the football program.

What is the line these people would not cross? Would they be willing to go out and encourage other children to attend Sandusky's perverted fantasy camp? Would they continue to look the other way if their own kids were victims?

At what point does a human being say "Enough of this" and step in to protect a child?

 

Re: Penn State AD charged with perjury in Sandusky investigation

Re Paterno, the fact that this was the second batch of allegations to come to light about Sandusky removes any of the scant doubt about what he should have done -- morally I'm saying, who gives a crap about legally here. The fact that neither he nor anyone else made any effort to find out who the young kid was or whether he was OK, that's damn-them-to-hell territory if they are Catholic priests.

 

Re: Penn State AD charged with perjury in Sandusky investigation

As an educator, you tell your boss and you make sure he tells social services.

That is the link. Was social services contacted in all of this? They do the investigation and then they contact the police.

http://www.familyresourcesofpa.org/About-Child-Abuse

 

Re: Penn State AD charged with perjury in Sandusky investigation

If you suspect abuse or neglect of a child who is a neighbor, friend or relative, and are unsure of what to do, you can contact:


Allegheny County Children, Youth and Families
412-473-2000

CHILDLINE
1-800-932-0313.

YOU MAY REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
You will not receive a report back from CYF - all work with families is confidential.

http://www.familyresourcesofpa.org/About-Child-Abuse

 

Re: Penn State AD charged with perjury in Sandusky investigation

A Penn State fan site but one that is pretty blunt in its assessment:

http://www.blackshoediaries.com/2011/11/6/2541500/jerry-sandusky-allegations-and-obligations#storyjump

 

Re: Penn State AD charged with perjury in Sandusky investigation

The charge is buggery.

The university is . . .


Due process? Oh, yes. For sure. Let's get on with it.

But no roadblocks or hindrances should be thrown in the way of due process, and the apologists need to recognize and remember that.

Full speed ahead.

 

Re: Penn State AD charged with perjury in Sandusky investigation

You can't spend 50 years insisting the mortar of your program is virtue and integrity, then fall back on semantics ("I did what was required of me") during the ultimate test of your character. As a coach, a leader, and as a man, Joe Paterno failed miserably during this episode. What the price for that failure should be, I can't say. But arguing otherwise, that he did not fail, and fail enormously, suggests you have lost perspective on a massive scale.

 

Re: Penn State AD charged with perjury in Sandusky investigation

playthrough, covering up a murder is a pretty big scandal, too. This is on par with Baylor.

 

Re: Penn State AD charged with perjury in Sandusky investigation

Yep . . . we're way past the paying-players-who-us? intersection, here.

 

Re: Penn State AD charged with perjury in Sandusky investigation

Graduate Assistant: Excuse me Coach, do you have a minute?

Paterno: Sure, what's up?

Graduate Assistant: Well, I'm not sure how to say this, but Coach Sandusky is raping a young boy in the showers.

Paterno: Wow. That's some crazy shit. Well, son, you did the right thing in coming to me. I'll handle this from here. No reason for you to further involve yourself, I'm on it.

In fact, first thing tomorrow morning, I'm going to write a memo to AD Curley. That should take care of it.