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VIDEO: State College erupts after Paterno firing

Wednesday night, Penn State University students took to the streets of State College, PA after it was announced that head football coach Joe Paterno would be relieved of his duties.

What started out as a peaceful demonstration got out of hand when it was reported that a light post had been taken down and a news van was tipped over. Further reports are saying that police did make some arrest and disperse tear gas and mace into crowds in order to break them up.

Here are some images and video (via TheBigLead.com and YouTube) from Wednesday night’s outbursts…

Ref: ESPN, TheBigLead (images), YouTube

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