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They say that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step ... on somebody's throat. That's how some of the staffers at Clyde's hospital got him to join them in abusing the patients. He explains: "After I started working on the floor, one of the residents started to attack a co-worker, pinching and trying to bite him. After a while, the co-worker got sick of it and swept the patient's leg Karate Kid-style and put him in a one-person hold. That's sitting behind the person with your legs on either side of theirs, their arms folded in front of them and you holding onto either wrist." Think a weaponized, full-body hug.

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Like this, but with violent struggling in place of elevator music.

Now, whenever an altercation like this happens, the staff need to fill out an incident report to make sure the patient's rights weren't violated. "But," Clyde says, "afterward, the staff who swept the leg casually mentioned that he didn't think we needed to report this."

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It was a test to see if Clyde could sit with all the cool kids in the back of the metaphorical bus. He passed. "I went right along with him. These residents were scary, and this dude I just met could control them. I wasn't going to tattle on him."