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Lawsuit: IPS teacher encouraged students to beat up 7-year-old with disabilities

The complaint accuses teacher Julious Johnican of orchestrating a “fight club” style of discipline in his classroom, in which he “encouraged, instigated, and on at least one occasion recorded on his phone physical abuse” of the child by other students.