miércoles, 23 de diciembre de 2009

Brutal abuse of mentally disabled at a Texas school

A story broadcasted in the radio station KNX 1070 Newsradio informed that several mentally disabled residents at a Corpus Christy, Texas state school were forced to be part of a brutal “fight club” ran by night shift employees, who videotaped the sessions with their cellphones.

The videos were discovered by police in March when one of the school employees left his phone at a hospital and it was turned over to police. In an effort to find its owner, officers saw the disturbing videos.

A judge ordered the tapes released to an attorney suing the state on behalf of a former resident also forced into the "fight club."

"It happened for over a year and it happened for many nights out of the week," said the attorney, Bob Hilliard.

Hilliard's client, Armando Hernandez, says he was told he would "go to prison" if he did not fight.

Hernandez, who is mentally disabled, says he was fearful to even tell his mother of what was happening inside at night. "They say 'snitches get stitches,'" Hernandez told ABC News.

To read the full story, please visit http://www.knx1070.com/pages/4382401.php"

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