Shocking New BSDC Abuse Details Emerge After Newspaper Pushes For Records Release
(Omaha World-Herald)
November 8, 2011
BEATRICE NEBRASKA– [Excerpt provided by Inclusion Daily Express] The special-needs resident kept taking off his shirt one hot day last summer at the Beatrice State Developmental Center.
And that annoyed Cameron Barnes, the man's caregiver.
So when they entered an elevator, Barnes told another employee who was with them, "You might want to turn around for this one." Then Barnes slammed the resident's head into the elevator wall at least six times, eliciting screams of pain, according to an arrest warrant affidavit unsealed Wednesday in Gage County Court.
Moments later, Barnes encouraged the co-worker to feel the bumps on the right side of the resident's head.
It's just one incident of abuse described in affidavits from a Nebraska State Patrol investigation that has produced more than two dozen felony charges against five former staff members at the center.
The court records became available Wednesday after The World-Herald raised a First Amendment challenge to keep an important judicial case open to the public.
Entire article:
Beatrice chokings, punchings detailed
http://www.omaha.com/article/20111103/NEWS97/711039917
Related:
BSDC arrest warrants unsealed (Beatrice Daily Sun)
http://tinyurl.com/84yhs6w
More details released in alleged BSDC abuse (Beatrice Daily Sun)
http://tinyurl.com/7hd3aa4
Beatrice State Developmental Center (Inclusion Daily Express Archives)
http://www.inclusiondaily.com/news/institutions/neb/bsdc.htm
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