Mexico City Is Shaming Litterbugs and Parking Hogs on Periscope, and People Love It
Mexico City Is Shaming Litterbugs and Parking Hogs on Periscope, and People Love It
You can’t bribe your way out of illicit behavior on live-stream video.
Ana Campoy
| 3:11 PM ET
Mexico City police have failed to keep the capital’s unruly residents from invading streets and sidewalks with their illegally parked cars, security details, and trash. So officials are resorting to the shaming power of social media.
Authorities in Miguel Hidalgo, one of the city’s 16 “delegations” (administrative districts), are confronting transgressors and broadcasting the interactions live on Periscope. They tag the videos with #VecinoGandalla, using a Mexican term to describe someone who takes advantage of others.
Mexico City police have failed to keep the capital’s unruly residents from invading streets and sidewalks with their illegally parked cars, security details, and trash. So officials are resorting to the shaming power of social media.
Authorities in Miguel Hidalgo, one of the city’s 16 “delegations” (administrative districts), are confronting transgressors and broadcasting the interactions live on Periscope. They tag the videos with #VecinoGandalla, using a Mexican term to describe someone who takes advantage of others.
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(Good thing open carry is still considered stupid and ILLEGAL in Mexico. Otherwise, gun humpers would be tempted to open fire on litterers, parking hogs, protecting their "castles," or "standing their ground."