Why was Michael Brown's body left there for hours?

[XemaSab]

The indignation was instantaneous. Neighbors in Canfield Green poured from their apartments and stared at 18-year-old Michael Brown, unarmed, facedown in the street, shot dead by a Ferguson police officer.

Then, fueled by camera phones and social media, the outrage jumped out of this suburban apartment complex, crossed St. Louis County, traversed the country and, over the weeks, spread across the world.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, preaching at Brown’s funeral two weeks later, said the teen was left in the street “like nobody cared,” as if his life “didn’t matter.” A national magazine, too, zeroed in on the four hours Brown’s body lay on the ground. “Dictators leave bodies in the street,” the author wrote. “Warlords leave bodies in the street.” Not, “an advanced society.”

Politicians, pastors, police chiefs and picket lines all criticized the delay. The outrage continues more than a month later.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/why-was-michael-brown-s-body-left-there-for-hours/article_0b73ec58-c6a1-516e-882f-74d18a4246e0.html

[madokie]

1. Intimidation comes to mind

[malaise]

2. As a warning to other African American people

'you too can be lynched by cop'.

[NaturalHigh]

3. So investigators could process the crime scene?

That's usually not a fast and easy process.