No Humans Involved (NHI): The Dehumanization of Black People

<p>The term &ldquo;No Humans Involved&rdquo; (NHI) was the unofficial term used by members of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-nov-16-la-ed-lapd-20101116-story.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Los Angeles Police Department&nbsp;</a>(LAPD) and other public officials to describe the murders of people of color and those in other communities deemed &ldquo;nonhuman.&rdquo; The murders disproportionately involved Black and Brown Angelenos, who were often identified as sex workers, gang members, or drug traffickers.</p> <p>The use of the term came to light in 1992 following the arrest and acquittal of four LAPD officers caught on video brutally&nbsp;<a href="https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2021/no-humans-involved" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">beating Rodney King</a>. In 1992, the Jamaican scholar and theorist Sylvia Wynter penned a seminal&nbsp;<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjfu_TWsryCAxUnmIkEHT72C-MQFnoECCEQAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeople.ucsc.edu%2F%7Enmitchel%2Fsylvia.wynter_-_no.humans.allowed.pdf&amp;usg=AOvVaw3-og0u1HFnGXwN1NEwKtHe&amp;opi=89978449" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">text</a>&nbsp;titled &ldquo;&lsquo;No Humans Involved&rsquo;: An Open Letter to My Colleagues.&rdquo;</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/illumination-curated/no-humans-involved-nhi-the-dehumanization-of-black-people-8866a7122f97"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>