So wait...a grad assistant turned to a nationally trusted individual known for running a honest program for +40 years, and that individual did not follow up on the incident...and the grad assistant is at fault.
Multiple school officials in a position of power, who the grad assistant did testify to, ignored all the evidence and helped cover up the evidence....and the grad assistant is at fault.
At the end of the day McQueary turned to people legally responsible for turning in criminal activity....and those individuals did not do so. And now they are up on criminal charges.
Of all the wrong that went on in this case, Mike McQueary did the absolute least. The list for "gutless *******s" goes on infinitely before it lands on McQueary. While he should have called the police, he did turn to people in the position of power to turn criminals into the police. The law is very specific about child protection cases. School officials, doctors, psychologists, etc, HAVE to turn it in. When taking the job they understand that is part of their responsibility. Its a law. And at Penn State the people that had that responsibility decided not to lift a finger.
Mike McQueary might not have called the police, but he did inform the people that had a legal responsibility to call the police. Because those individuals, who are currently awaiting their own trials, decided not to do anything is not McQueary's fault.