In this case, peace won.
Marisa Crockett speaks to an Albuquerque
Police Department officer at UNM about her free hugs project to travel
across the United States in her bio-fueled car, offering hugs and
hoping to get the word out about her recycling program. The officer was
responding to a complaint, but momentarily left after a few friendly
words, Tuesday, October 2, 2007.
(source)
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It's nice to see this come around again; there really isn't anything new. I remember reading several years ago about a middle-aged man who made news by offering hugs to everybody who would accept them: bus drivers, passers-by, etc.
Hugs are good. Let's all have more of them. I hear that they often lead to smiles, and those are good, too.
Gotta go; my wife needs a hug!
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I'd hit it!
That isn't an APD officer thats a UNM Officer.