*** Breaking News: "Paterno statue removed"

[Chechem]

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A crowd has gathered this morning, some to remove it and some to protect it.  

Penn State University will remove the famed statue of Joe Paterno outside its football stadium, eliminating a key piece of the iconography surrounding the once-sainted football coach accused of burying child sex abuse allegations against a retired assistant.

The university said Sunday that it will take down the larger-than-life monument in the face of an investigative report by former FBI Director Louis Freeh that found the late coach, along with three top Penn State administrators, concealed the abuse claims against Jerry Sandusky more than a decade ago in order to shield the university and its football program from negative publicity....

[Chechem]

Construction vehicles and police arrived shortly after dawn Sunday, barricading the street and sidewalks near the statue, erecting a chain-link fence then concealing the statue with a blue tarp.

A live video feed posted on the website of the Centre Daily Times of State College showed workers in white hard hats draping a plastic sheet over the statue, preparing for its removal.

[2Stater]

Yeah, I just saw that on the streamer. I wonder if any of the students tried a "Tiananmen Square" at the removal.

[Chechem]

Yeah, I just saw that on the streamer. I wonder if any of the students tried a "Tiananmen Square" at the removal.

Nope.  The live feed, during the British Open coverage, showed a chain-linked fence blocking the public while a fork lift hauled it away (the Paterno hand waving goodbye beneath a shipping blanket).  LOL

[2Stater]

Yeah, I just saw that on the streamer. I wonder if any of the students tried a "Tiananmen Square" at the removal.

Nope.  The live feed, during the British Open coverage, showed a chain-linked fence blocking the public while a fork lift hauled it away (the Paterno hand waving goodbye beneath a shipping blanket).  LOL

Sounds "Hussein-esque".

[Chechem]

Not Saddam-esque.  A bit of final dignity.

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[Jamos]

Good Riddance!!

[pmull]

IMO we have not seen the last of that statue. They took it down and are placing it in storage. They are already talking about moving it to the library. They also said his name will remain on the library.

[Marshal Dillon]

Yeah, I just saw that on the streamer. I wonder if any of the students tried a "Tiananmen Square" at the removal.

Nope.  The live feed, during the British Open coverage, showed a chain-linked fence blocking the public while a fork lift hauled it away (the Paterno hand waving goodbye beneath a shipping blanket).  LOL

Sounds "Hussein-esque".

I would have loved to have seen the statue pulled down by an armored vehicle and everyone hitting it with their shoes. Good riddance for a child rapist enabler.


 

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