Teacher filmed children fighting and got two years in prison

In the United States, a 25-year-old elementary school teacher was sentenced to two years in prison for “fight club” in the classroom. The Daily Mail reports. It's about Julius Jonican from Indianapolis. The investigation found that in 2023, he for three months incited juniors to beat each other and filmed it.

Everything was revealed on November 1, 2023. Jonican accidentally showed his parents a recording of one of the fights instead of a security video. They saw a seven-year-old boy beating up another while behind-the-scenes the teacher cheered on the aggressor. The injured child is disabled.

The teacher was suspended, four days later he resigned. In April 2024, his parents sued, and Johnican was arrested. A year later, the school district paid the boy's family $1.2 million. Jonican pleaded guilty in August and was sentenced to two years on September 24.

The family of the victim is satisfied with the sentence. Other parents whose children were also beaten said the punishment was too lenient. The prosecutor's office was also unhappy with the court's decision.