No Human Involved
The Serial Murder of Black Women and Girls and the Deadly Cost of Police Indifference
Cheryl L. Neely
- An
- urgent
- examination
- of
- the
- invisibility
- of
- Black
- women
- and
- girls
- as
- victims
- of
- targeted
- killings,
- and
- the
- lack
- of
- police
- intervention
- and
- media
- coverageWhen
- Black
- women
- and
- girls
- are
- targeted
- and
- murdered
- their
- cases
- are
- often
- categorized
- by
- police
- officers
- as
- “N.H.I.”
- –
- “No
- Humans
- Involved.”
- Dehumanized
- and
- invisible
- to
- the
- public
- eye,
- they
- are
- rarely
- seen
- as
- victims.
- In
- the
- United
- States,
- Black
- women
- are
- killed
- at
- a
- higher
- rate
- than
- any
- other
- group
- of
- women,
- but
- their
- victimhood
- is
- not
- covered
- by
- the
- media
- and
- their
- cases
- do
- not
- receive
- an
- adequate
- level
- of
- urgency.Utilizing
- intensive
- historical
- research
- of
- cases
- in
- cities
- such
- as
- Boston,
- Cleveland,
- Chicago,
- Detroit,
- and
- Los
- Angles,
- Cheryl
- Neely
- calls
- attention
- to
- serial
- cases
- of
- Black
- female
- murder
- victims
- and
- a
- lack
- of
- police
- action.
- Neely
- approaches
- each
- case
- and
- story
- with
- detailed
- care.
- Instead
- of
- focusing
- solely
- on
- the
- killings
- and
- the
- murderers,
- she
- highlights
- the
- lives
- of
- the
- women
- and
- girls
- and
- their
- communities
- that
- never
- stopped
- fighting
- for
- justice.
- With
- media
- neglect
- and
- police
- indifference,
- Neely
- argues
- that
- because
- law
- enforcement
- is
- less
- likely
- to
- conduct
- serious
- investigations
- into
- the
- disappearances
- and
- homicides
- of
- Black
- women,
- they
- are
- particularly
- vulnerable
- to
- become
- victims.Diving
- deep
- into
- the
- unseen
- and
- unheard,
- Neely
- uses
- personal
- interviews,
- court
- records,
- media
- reports,
- and
- analytical
- data
- to
- understand
- how
- and
- why
- Black
- women
- are
- disproportionately
- more
- likely
- to
- die
- from
- homicide
- in
- comparison
- to
- their
- white
- counterpoints.
- Sounding
- an
- urgent
- alarm,
- No
- Human
- Involved
- contends
- that
- it
- is
- time
- for
- Black
- women’s
- lives
- to
- matter
- not
- only
- to
- their
- families
- and
- communities,
- but
- especially
- to
- those
- commissioned
- to
- protect them.
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