Seven employees at a state-run home for the mentally disabled have been suspended for allegedly staging a "fight club" among residents.Oh, and the AP may want to update their style manual. I don't believe the word retarded is much in vogue any longer.
Corpus Christi Police Captain Tim Wilson says the fight clubs were uncovered when someone gave an off-duty police officer a cell phone containing videos of fights at the Corpus Christi State School.
Wilson says the videos show mentally disabled adult clients punching, shoving, and striking each other while the employees watch.
Wilson calls the abuse "appalling." He says police expect to file charges against several employees by the end of the week.
Their headline currently reads: `Fight club' bouts probed at home for the retarded. Expect a revision of that before long.
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