It probably also doesn’t help their image to leave a possible murder unsolved, and a lot of those go unsolved as it is. To admit that there was a lynching and you either can’t make progress or don’t think it’s worth the necessary police resources has to be bad PR.
Also sometimes they’re clearly covering for the perpetrator, as when BLM got somewhat decapitated by exactly this method, hanging and all.
It probably also doesn’t help their image to leave a possible murder unsolved, and a lot of those go unsolved as it is. To admit that there was a lynching and you either can’t make progress or don’t think it’s worth the necessary police resources has to be bad PR.
Also sometimes they’re clearly covering for the perpetrator, as when BLM got somewhat decapitated by exactly this method, hanging and all.