Why was the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library vandalized?

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library was vandalized within the early morning hours on Thursday when somebody walked by the constructing and threw a rock by means of the glass door.

Some on the museum consider the vandalism was associated to the group’s publication that went out Wednesday and got here out towards banning books in Indiana. An Indianapolis police detective was searching for suspects.

Julia Whitehead, founder and chief government officer of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, mentioned “We’re unveiling a petition for army veterans, like myself, to signal to help the studying of books, banned books. We have a good time the studying of banned books in Indiana.”

The publication additionally publicly supported Indy Reads, a enterprise in Fountain Sq. that just lately obtained a bomb menace over internet hosting a drag story hour. Whitehead mentioned her group stands in help of free speech in the way in which Kurt Vonnegut did.

“So far as the data that somebody on the market doesn’t just like the work we do, nicely we preserve going ahead as a result of Kurt Vonnegut was an American soldier, a Hoosier soldier who spoke out for individuals who don’t use their voices or have the voice to be heard,” Whitehead mentioned.

This downtown museum at 543 Indiana Ave. is a nonprofit, so recovering from the vandalism will probably be tough. “All the pieces with an previous constructing is dear, and if you’re a small nonprofit it’s actually arduous to boost some huge cash for issues that simply pop up that aren’t in your funds.”

Whitehead and different staff says the expertise has been tough. “It felt scary. It felt prefer it was very intentional.”

Officer William Younger, a spokesman for Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Division, mentioned a detective was assigned to the case and searching for suspects.