IPS lawsuit shines light on unreported abuse cases involving special needs children

INDIANAPOLIS — Disturbing cell phone video, allegedly filmed by an IPS teacher, shows a childIn a lawsuit filed by the family, they claim the teacher also orchestrated what they call a"fight club"-type of discipline in his classroom.

"There is a reluctance to believe that anybody would hurt someone with a disability, but there is also a reluctance to believe what they say, 'Oh no, you must be mistaken. Oh, no, you misunderstood.' Well, no, when someone punches you, that's pretty self-explanatory," said Sciortino-Poulter.The mother claims in the lawsuit that she met with the principal and vice principal of IPS School 87 on several different occasions.

"Who was looking into it? Who was trying to keep an eye on it? When mom went to the school to say, 'Hey, I'm seeing certain things. My kid doesn't want to go to school. I'm seeing bruises. What's going on here? He's telling me he's getting hurt at school.' Who actually looked into it?" asked Sciortino-Poulter.between IMPD and the IPS Police Department from 2017.

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