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March 11, 2009

Staffers Force Disabled Youths to Fight at Texas Facility
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In Texas, caretakers at a state-run residential facility have been
caught forcing disabled youths to fight each other. Cell phone video
shows staffers provoking and then shoving the youths to ensure they
start fighting. Corpus Christi Police Captain Tim Wilson called the
fights some of the worst child abuse he’s seen in over thirty years.



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