[tom-lindsay]

The entire hugs instead of gunfire/bullets idea was a concept pushed by Mexico’s president at the federal level although some local government agencies have chosen to follow that same plan to some degree. It has not been a popular program and almost everyone we asked about it on our recent trips down expressed disapproval over the idea, including many who said they had voted for AMLO. In an ideal world it might work, in the real world it’s just another example of poorly thought out public policy.