Is There A PR/Consulting Firm Out There That Advises Authorities Manage Situations Like Ferguson?... [View all]

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I know I probably watch too much TV and programs like 'Scandal'. I just was wondering if there are PR Firms out there that advise the police in a situation like this as to how to manage it so that they could weasel out of situations like what has happened in Ferguson.

I'm blown away by how this has been managed by the police - from not releasing much info at the beginning; withholding the name of the officer that did the shooting; released the video tape at the store; and now today when the results of the autopsy was made public all of a sudden a female friend of the officer called in his side of the story that seems to fit with the circumstances of this whole incident. Also today we get the story that Michael Brown had marijuna in his system. Again - they attack the person that is dead and impugn him.

It seems that withholding any info has played well for them and it just seems like either this is a completely fabricated story on their part or they were just lucky that everything looks to be falling kind of neatly in place to exonerate this officer.

That's when I started to wonder if there are consulting PR firms out there - perhaps with lawyers on their staff and with a comprehensive database of other such incidents - so that they could advise of an alibi.

Anyone care to comment on this - or am is my tinfoil hat just too tight?

But again - the TV show 'Scandal' must have some basis of credibility and we do know that there are firms out there that work with celebrities and politicians to help them work through a situation and come out not looking so bad.

How many of them found religion; had their wife along side them when they asked for forgiveness of their constituency - because their wife forgave them. You know the drill.