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‘Fat People Are Harder To Kidnap’: Pizzeria Removes Billboard Over Comedic Timing

Eric Quintanar
‘Fat People Are Harder To Kidnap’: Pizzeria Removes Billboard Over Comedic Timing
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The owner of East of Chicago Pizza in Barberton, Ohio, has agreed to remove a billboard reading “Fat People Are Harder To Kidnap” after someone filed a complaint to the chain’s corporate headquarters about the advertisement’s timing. 

According to Fox News, Jeremy Clemetson, the owner of the pizzeria’s franchise location, was told by the corporate headquarter’s office that a person had filed a complaint about the sign being displayed during Human Trafficking Awareness Month, which happens every year during January. 

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