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City Council members, including Matt Flaherty and Kate Rosenbarger, tried to stop Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton from having the Seminary Park encampment dismantled in January. He did it anyway, and, in response, Flaherty and Rosenbarger decided to co-author an ordinance that would provide protections to Bloomington’s unhoused population.
Bloomington resident Daniel Floyd sits by his tent Jan. 14 in Seminary Park. Bloomington City Council members drafted a new ordinance that provides protection for people experiencing homelessness. The ordinance will not be discussed at a council meeting until at least mid-February.
When Michael Penix stretched the ball barely across the goal line against then-No. 8 Penn State, giving IU a long-awaited upset victory, Harry Crider thought he’d look up to see thousands of fans storming the field. He thought he’d join night-long parties on Kirkwood Avenue.
Mattel released a Maya Angelou Barbie Jan. 14 in honor of the powerful legacy she left behind. The doll is the most recent addition to Mattel’s Inspiring Women collection, which includes icons such as Rosa Parks, Ella Fitzgerald and Kathrine Johnson.
Beacon, a homeless and housing organization, opened a new homeless shelter near Switchyard Park Jan. 19. The shelter was created to meet the needs of Bloomington’s unhoused population, many of which had been staying at Seminary Park.
After seeing many other local restaurants shut down in March, Döner Kebab owner Hamid Naderi worried about the effects of the pandemic on his food truck.
On Jan. 18, a group of more than 150 people gathered in Seminary Park to protest the recent treatment of people experiencing homelessness in Bloomington. Angered by the evictions in Seminary Park that occurred Jan. 14, protesters marched to Mayor John Hamilton's home and eventually ended the night in People's Park. Camera by Madison Smalstig and Ethan Levy Edited by Zack Berger Reporting by Madison Smalstig Music from YouTube Audio Library
After a long election season, full of false claims by elected officials and close races, Inauguration Day is finally here. It has been a long few months, but tomorrow afternoon, a new administration will take office.
Volunteers and organizers of the demonstration ran around the exterior of the mass of about 150 people marching to Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton’s house Monday night. Some of them stood at intersections to prevent oncoming traffic from hitting anyone in the group, directing them through Bloomington’s streets, while others led people in song.
Protestors make their way down 1st St. towards Mayor John Hamilton’s house Jan. 18. The protest came after people experiencing homelessness were evicted from Seminary Park by Bloomington Police Department personnel and other city employees on Jan. 14.
Protestors march down 1st St. towards Mayor John Hamilton’s house Jan. 18. The protest was in response to the evictions of people experiencing homelessness from Seminary Park on Jan. 14.
A protester writes "No justice no peace" on the sidewalk of People's Park on Sept. 23, 2020. The protest was organized after only one police officer involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor was indicted.
On Jan. 14, the encampments at Seminary Park were evicted by Bloomington Police Department officers and City of Bloomington employees. The evictions forced people experiencing homelessness who stayed at the park to find other shelter, creating a controversial scene that fostered protests. Video filmed by Anna Brown, Mallorey Daunhauer and Sam House, edited by Stefan Buba.
During a harsh, Indiana winter, the Bloomington Police Department destroyed multiple encampments inhabited by individuals experiencing homelessness under the direction of Mayor John Hamilton. The Bloomington community voiced their concerns in a city council meeting Jan. 14, but the police continued to remove shelters and other large objects from Seminary Park — an act of pure hate that proves devastating to a vulnerable community.
A park bench sits with hostile architecture in Peoples’ Park. Hostile architecture, otherwise known as anti-homeless architecture, is designing objects to prevent sleeping on the park benches.
Travis Dugan, 36, walked up the steps to Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton’s house Sunday night, knocked on his door and asked him why he had to keep moving his tent, his home.
Thursday night, Bloomington Police Department personnel and city employees evicted two people experiencing homelessness who had been staying at Seminary Park. Others who had been staying in the park left earlier in the day when police arrived.
A Bloomington Police Department officer watches as belongings of people experiencing homelessness are removed from Seminary Park on Jan. 14. Groups of BPD officers were stationed around the park.
Mayor John Hamilton enforced rules that require encampments to have a permit after 11 p.m. on Thursday night, leading the Bloomington Police Department to dismantle an encampment in Seminary Park. The city had previously paused enforcement of this rule, but it was implemented again in early December 2020.
IU closed a portion of Jordan Avenue for a sewer repair project from Jan. 4 to Feb. 19. North Jordan will be closed from around 10th Street to Third Street. Traffic in the Seventh Street area is also closed, according to an article from the IU libraries website.
