Posted on 05/01/2015 7:17:48 PM PDT by smoothsailing
May 1, 2015
Melonyce McAfee
(CNN) -- Judy Smith, the crisis consultant who inspired the character Olivia Pope on the hit TV drama "Scandal," has been hired by the city of Baltimore, a source familiar with the arrangement said.
Officials, including Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Police Commissioner Anthony Batts, have faced pointed criticism after the death of 25-year-old black man Freddie Gray, particularly when protests turned violent Monday.
Gray was injured while in police custody and died a week later.
Communications expert Smith, known as a "fixer," is no stranger to turning around perceptions. She's worked with former Washington Mayor Marion Barry during a drug scandal, ex-Sen. Larry Craig after a sex sting and celebrity chef Paula Deen when she was accused of racism....
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“The city’s burning! Quick, hire a media consultant!”
I do not believe this is so much a racial dispute as it is the criminal class wanting to put down the cops; I couldn’t miss the gleeful looks on many of the people in the Baltimore streets tonite who looked like they felt free now to do all the things they always wanted to but were illegal. Be careful, Baltimore, the cops whatever their deficiencies, are the last line of protection against anarchy; all those owning the fancy new condos down on the Inner Harbor may feel strong feelings of regret at this time next year.
Fixer vs. Sharpton & Jesse! (And the Evil Auntie.)
This must be some midwest states’ scheme to sell popcorn.
It’s a high-tech police lynching!
That's exactly where it's at and now elected officials are out in the open about hiring PR flunkies with taxpayers funds to promote their corruption.
I think right after the Guard pulls out the Police and I mean ALL the police should walk of the job. They have a case of an unfair labor practice by being ordered to stand down during a riot and being sent out with orders not to wear protective gear for fear of rising tensions.
The Mayor and Council put Every officer in grave danger or death by those orders.
T. Rowe Price seriously considered leaving Baltimore in 2013 due to all the crime. If people have any sense of self preservation, there will be an exodus of businesses leaving that blighted city.
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Who knew? ;-)
One grenade...
She must be good cause Paula Deen is back on the home shopping channel.
Too late. Baltimore’s done.
Boy is she stupid, could not believe when she tried to deny what she said when it was already plastered across the Internet in videos.
That’s double stupid. LOL!
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