IMHO the grad assistant (McQuarry, and his Dad, who was with him when McQuarry told Paterno) should have reported it to the police immediately after reporting it to Paterno as it was done.
IMHO McQueary should have AT LEAST called 911 IMMEDIATELY! It goes to the sad culture of PSU that every one from the janitors all the way up to the president protected Sandusky and allowed him to continue raping boys in Joe's locker room.
Thats easy to say right now but I could envision a state of mind for 28 year old McQeary where he would have a hard time believing what he saw. When McQeary played at PSU, Sandusky was a virtual deity. In light of that I could understand McQeary taking the issue to the 2 most important people in his life....his father and Joe Paterno.
“IMHO the grad assistant (McQuarry, and his Dad, who was with him when McQuarry told Paterno) should have reported it to the police immediately after reporting it to Paterno as it was done.”
I agree and Paterno should have been right there with them. This whole thing is confusing and frustrating to me. The GA should have made some attempt to help the child as soon as he saw what was going on. You’ve got to do the right thing.
Bingo!
Everyone is salivating at the chance to hang Paterno, but it’s ridiculous. He did not witness it. Sandusky was no longer on his staff at the time the grad assistant came to him. The grad assistant and father should have gone to the police if they were witnesses. So instead, let’s hang Paterno? Where is the anger at the grad assist. and father for not going to the police? And most of all, where is the anger for Sandusky?! People have their priorities screwed up because they love to see prominent figures taken out. They love dirty laundry as the song goes.
[IMHO the grad assistant (McQuarry, and his Dad, who was with him when McQuarry told Paterno) should have reported it to the police immediately after reporting it to Paterno as it was done.]
I agree. I wonder if they were asked not to.