Several employees of a home for the mentally disabled in Texas have been suspended after it was discovered that patients were being forced into a violent “fight club.” “Workers were staging fight clubs with the residents for their own entertainment. It’s child abuse — some of the worst I’ve seen in over 30 years,” said Corpus Christi Police Captain Tim Wilson. “I’ve heard of isolated incidents before, but what’s most appalling is that it’s obvious this is organized.”
The fights allegedly took place during the “graveyard shift” at Corpus Christi State School between 2007 and 2008. Staff would shove male patients at each other and goad them into punching and kicking each other. Eleven employees were identified in video footage found on a cellphone found lying in the road in front of a hospital. Charges are expected shortly.
