Whose Chair is Now Empty in the Hiester Street Mural at Penn State!?
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The mural which featured notable Penn State figureheads on Hiester Street at Penn State has been repainted by Michael Pilato, the original painter, in order to remove the face of the Jerry Sandusky as a result of the recent allegations.
“I believe in due process. I do,” Pilato told PennLive.com. “(But) with all the evidence in the news right now and some of the (alleged) victims living here, it kills me to think of the victims having to walk past this,” he said. “It saddens me to do this. When I first met Jerry, I thought he was a great man. He fooled me like he fooled everyone.”
Read the full story at tracking.si.com or view a full slideshow of images showing step by step removal of Sandusky’s image here at wgal.com.
