In pictures: fans riot after coach Paterno fired amid sex scandal
Penn State Board of Trustees vice-chairman John Surma, right, announces the firing of football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier at a news conference.Tim Shaffer/Reuters
Fired Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, with his wife Sue, greets student supporters from their front porch.Joe Hermitt/The Patriot-News/AP
Penn State students show their support for fired football coach Joe Paterno.Matt Rourke/AP
Fired Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, with his wife Sue, greets student supporters from their front porch. The students yelled “We Are Penn State” and Paterno responded, “Yes we are!”Joe Hermitt/The Patriot-News/AP
Penn State students take to the streets after it was announced that long-time football coach Joe Paterno had been fired.Pat Little/Reuters
A cutout image of fired Penn State football coach is raised in the air as students protest his firing.
Police hold back students after they took to the streets of State College, Pa. after the firing of football coach Joe Paterno.Matt Rourke/AP
A news van is flipped over as students and community residents fill the streets in State College, Pa., after football head coach Joe Paterno was fired.Pat Little/Reuters
An overturned news van is seen in the middle of College Aveenue in State College, Pa., as students protest against the firing of football coach Joe Paterno.Pat Little/Reuters
State College artist Michael Pilato paints over the portion of his mural that shows former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky in downtown State College, Pa. Sandusky has been charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse.Pat Little/Reuters
State College artist Michael Pilato paints over the portion of his mural that shows former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky in downtown State College, Pa. Sandusky has been charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse.Pat Little/Reuters
Emily Wilkens of State College, Pa., holds a sign while artist Michael Pilato paints over a portion of a mural that former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was featured on in downtown State College.Pat Little/Reuters
Marie Farina of Queens, N.Y., holds a sign expressing her views about Penn State football coach Joe Paterno at the Occupy Wall Street encampment at Zuccotti Park in New York.
Penn State students stand outside the Old Main building on campus protesting the university's handling of the child abuse scandal.Gene J. Puskar/AP
Penn State students stand outside the Old Main building on campus protesting the university's handling of the child abuse scandal.Gene J. Puskar/AP
Student demonstrate against the termination of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in State College, Pa.Tim Shaffer/Reuters
Police clear College Avenue as students protest the firing of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in State College, Pa.
Students visit the Joe Paterno statue at Penn State after the football head coach was fired.Patrick Smith/Getty Images
An emotional Sue Paterno, wife of fired Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno, picks up a bouquet of flowers left on their front porch.Joe Hermitt/The Patriot-News/AP