Lawsuit: IPS teacher allegedly encouraged student to continually attack 7-year-old boy with disabilities

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The incident happened around 7:15 p.m. Friday in the 4400 block of Duxbury Lane, near 42nd Street and North Post Road.

The complaint refers to two other instances in which Julious Johnican allegedly held the boy down while allowing other students to punch, hit and kick him.INDIANAPOLIS — A 7-year-old boy and his mother are filing a lawsuit against Indianapolis Public Schools, as well as some of its staff members, after the second-grader was allegedly attacked by other students — and a teacher recorded the incident and supposedly encouraged the violence.The complaint lists IPS, Superintendent Dr.

According to the complaint, Johnican orchestrated what the plaintiffs described as a"fight club-type of discipline in his classroom over the span of three months, in which Johnican allegedly encouraged, instigated and on at least one occasion, recorded on his phone physical abuse by other students. The complaint says the boy's mother tried to grab Johnican's phone, which allegedly caused him to inadvertently turn up the volume where the parents could hear that it was Johnican instigating the attack and supposedly encouraging the other student to continually hit the boy.

Teacher's license revoked after allegedly telling Brownsburg elementary special education student to eat vomit The complaint says the boy's mother met with Johnican on multiple occasions to discuss the child's allegations, which Johnican reportedly dismissed as behavioral issues and indicated that the boy was lying and/or mentally ill.

 

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