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Originally Posted by toesuf94
I agree that Joe should have done more, but his calling the police as a non-witness based on what Mike McQuery told him he saw would have done nothing.
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I respect your post and agree with much of it. Joe Pa is not evil. Just hideously negligent and maybe a bit cowardly.
But I do aboslutely disagree with what I quoted here.
If Joe paterno goes to the police with this story (as he should have) the cops go STRAIGHT TO McQUERY. And Joe pushes his weight around at that point and shit gets done. GAURANTEED.
Again, set the scene....... the way it should have happened.
McQuery: Hey coach, I saw Jerry Sandusky in the locker room raping a young boy who looked to be maybe 10 years old.
Joe Pa: (dropping EVERYTHING he was doing) What? Now? Where? (heading for the door) Are you sure? (sense of urgency as he heads toward the door to go to the locker room)
McQuery: No no, it was last night, I was here late and I saw it.
Joe Pa: (as serious as he's ever been in his life) Are you SURE? Did you call the police? Where's the police? (now headed down the hall toward the ADs office) Holy shit, are you sure? And you just **** left him there?
McQuery: I, I , didn't know what to do, I was scared.....
Joe Pa: (Now yelling while walking) AND HOW DO YOU THINK THE KID FELT YOU ****ING MORON.
*get's to the ADs or whoevers office*
Joe Pa: CALL THE POLICE, JERRY SANDUSKY RAPED A LITTEL BOY LASTNIGHT HERE IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
And he has McQuery there for the cops. He calls the cops himself if he has to. And to not call the cops, he put the University over the child.
For Paterno to hear about it from the coward (McQuery) and then tell the AD or whoever the next day is ludicrous, calice and irresponsible. And then to ignore what happens later. Even further down the pathetic hole.
If Joe has lost that much common sense and sense of reality then so be it. His seeming remorse tells much of the story though.