The
depiction of Jerry Sandusky on a well-known mural across the street from the
Penn State campus has been replaced by an image of a poet and activist draped
with a blue ribbon — a symbol for awareness of child sexual abuse.
It was
artist Michael Pilato's latest step in erasing the image of the disgraced
former assistant football coach following Sandusky's conviction last week on 45
counts at his child sex abuse trial.
Sandusky
was removed from the mural days after his arrest in November. But Pilato
returned to the work on Sunday, painting in Dora McQuaid, a Penn State graduate
who is a poet and an advocate for domestic and sexual violence victims and
issues. The blue ribbon was added on Monday.
Also
replacing Sandusky were two red handprints — one belonging to Ann Van Kuren,
one of the 12 jurors who convicted Sandusky, and the other belonging to a
sexual abuse victim.
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