2nd grade teacher orchestrated a 'fight club' & encouraged students to fight each other

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Shocking video shows moment elementary school teacher orchestrated a 'fight club' and encouraged students to assault each other as he egged them on

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Shocking video shows the moment an elementary school student pummeled a special needs pupil - while their teacher encouraged the violence.

The furious mother of the seven-year-old victim has launched a lawsuit against George Washington Carver School in Indianapolis over the incident.

Corrie Horan's lawsuit in Marion County, Indiana, on behalf of her son accuses teacher Julious Johnican of 'orchestrating a reprehensible "fight club" type of discipline within his classroom over a span of three months'.

She became aware of this after Johnican himself accidentally showed her mobile phone footage of her son, who has ADHD, being beaten by another second-grader, according to the suit.

The attacker can be heard saying 'don't mess with me' while throwing punches as her son cries on the ground - and their second-grade teacher shouts 'you get him.'

Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS), which is a defendant in the lawsuit, said in a statement that it 'does not tolerate the type of behavior alleged in the complaint and takes reports of potential abuse and neglect seriously'.

The school, principal, vice principal, superintendent and school board are also named as defendants and DailyMail.com has contacted each for comment.

Horan says the fight video is only the tip of the iceberg. Her son, known as O.D. in the suit, had been complaining of bullying and abuse in the classroom dating back to August 2023.

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Outlining Johnican's 'fight club', the suit adds: 'In this horrifying setup, Johnican not only permitted but incited and facilitated other students to engage in acts of violence against seven-year-old O.D.'

It says the problems 'included at least three beatings and various forms of physical harm and bullying both for his own amusement or as a deeply disturbed disciplinary measure.'

'This systemic abuse occurred within the school premises and within O.D.’s classroom, a place where seven-year-old disabled O.D. should have been nurtured and protected, not subjected to repeated and organized violence,' the suit adds.

The lawsuit stresses Johnican encouraged behavior which went beyond 'mere pushing or shoving', by orchestrating 'physical assaults.'

'O.D. was thrown to the ground, struck, slapped and hit in the head repeatedly,' the suit says.

'On two occasions it is reported that he (Johnican) held O.D. while allowing other students to punch, hit, and kick him.'

Johnican also made 'continuous threats' to the boy and subjected him to 'deliberate humiliation,' according to his mother.

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Second grade teacher Julious Johnican (pictured) is accused of 'orchestrating a reprehensible "fight club" type of discipline within his classroom over a span of three months'

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