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Former Penn State Coach Jerry Sandusky Convicted on 45 Counts Related to Child s****l Abuse
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Your Black World
The wild ride in the case of former Penn State Coach Jerry Sandusky has finally come to an end. Tonight, a jury found Sandusky guilty in his s*x abuse trial, where he was presented by prosecutors as a serial molester who convinced young men that he was a caregiver when in fact he was something worse. The scandal rocked the image of Penn State University football and ended the legendary career of football coach Joe Paterno on a sad and solemn note.
Sandusky was sent by the judge to the county jail to await sentencing for his crimes, which will take place in about three months. He was found guilty on 45 of 48 counts, and might end up with life in prison. He is 68-years old, so any sentence longer than a decade might condemn him to die while incarcerated. When he was sentenced, people waiting outside the courthouse erupted with cheers after hearing the verdict.
The testimony lasted a full week, with s****l details being provided by many of the victims. Some of them described being fondled, touched in the shower or forced into a**l or oral s*x. There were a total of eight victims who testified against Sandusky, many of them young men the coach pretended to protect under the guise of his charity.
The case of Jerry Sandusky, like the other case of the man who pretended to be a woman so he could lure in young boys online, serves as a precautionary tale for all of us. We must protect our children, even when we think they are in the hands of safe mentors. The person who might appear to be an angel could actually be something that is beyond demonic. We must also teach our kids how to respond when an adult does something that is unreasonable or harmful to their person.
Secondly, I must confess that a part of me wonders if any of these little boys are black. The mother of one of the victims once spoke out, stating that Sandusky had an attraction to 12-year old boys who are athletic, thin and strong. Many black males fit that description. When you throw in the fact that these kids were underprivileged, it opens the door to the possibility that many of them were African American.
Whatever the race of the victims, the pain of this trauma is unforgivable and permanent. May God heal the souls of the children who were affected. Penn State University should also deservedly share the consequences of putting the protection of their athletic department over the protection of young children. Much of this could have been avoided had they decided to do the right thing.
Dr. Boyce Watkins is a Professor at Syracuse University and founder of the Your Black World Coalition. To have Dr. Boyce commentary delivered to your email, please click here.
8 Responses to Former Penn State Coach Jerry Sandusky Convicted on 45 Counts Related to Child s****l Abuse
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SHEILA
June 29, 2012 at 10:04 pm
this mf needs to be taken outside and whipped in the worst way.if any of these kids belonged to me ,jail could not hold this son of a b***h and i use that word because he is not a man but a b***h and i’ll kick his a*s like he deserves.another black eye for a nururing teacher….
dailylooker
June 24, 2012 at 8:35 pm
I can’t speak for all of Chicago, but this story is getting to be a bit much: a dozen white boys upset over unhappy childhoods by someone who fed, clothed, housed, educated (and employed) vs a dozen shooting in my backyard with a dozen dead lads (black and brown) over the last few weeks who have little (or none) of what these white boys had. Now these white boys are going to sue the the wife, university, the world? If these white boys want to not make this look like a patricide in search for money, then they won’t sue anyone, they pay their own legal fees out of their own pockets and they go away. If CNN would really like to see some real pain, come attend a couple funerals coming up and then tell us which is really more news worthy.
Barbara
June 24, 2012 at 12:14 am
One of the White coaches for the Boston Red Sox molested (at last count) 56 young Black boys. So far, no White boys have come forward. His victims were exclusively Black. That predator is deceased.
That Red Sox coach was as seriously UGLY as this Sandusky creep.
Derrick
June 24, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Not only are these caucasian coaches molesting and raping our children; white female teachers are doing the same!
Over 200 caucasian teachers have molested and raped young Black boys!!! You don’t hear this truth on the 6:00pm news.
Google this info and find out for yourself!!!
ALLISON
June 23, 2012 at 9:28 pm
This pervert is finally incarcerated! Now, his short eyes can become a maytag for the biggest inmate on the cell block. Put him in GP for there will be justice served within those walls. Its terribly sad that so many young men had to become a victim of this monster. We all need to hear and listen to children when they speak and don’t be so dismissive of them.
Prinzez
June 23, 2012 at 6:23 pm
I can’t help but think Jesus when Pilate handed Him over. Saying that to say – we are judging this man AND WE WEREN’T EVEN THERE!!!! Remember when they said crucify him, crucify him. They were DEAD WRONG! IJS.
ARNEADER
June 23, 2012 at 4:15 pm
SICK PERVERT finally gets his just reward. His wife knew what he was doing. She heard those kids screaming and I best believe she received STD from his invovlement with boys…if he and her were having s****l relations.
Jacqueline
June 23, 2012 at 4:09 pm
Put him in the prison population and throw away the key.