GA Chick-fil-A Billboard Vandals Slam Police With Vulgar Phrase

Douglasville GA

01 March, 2022

12:09 PM

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DOUGLASVILLE, GA — A huge Chick-fil-A billboard on Interstate 20 in Douglasville was vandalized over the weekend, and a vulgar phrase took its place. Using the eatery's trademark spelling style (usually riddled with intentional errors), the vandal changed the sign to read "All pigs r b-----ds" with the classic Chick-fil-A cows holding paintbrushes underneath the phrase. The vulgar messaging is typically used by critics of law enforcement to disparage police officers, reports said. A Chick-fil-A spokesperson told Fox 5 Atlanta the incident was "an unfortunate incident of vandalism" and the phrase has since been removed. By Monday, the sign was covered with black paint, though the cows are still up. Ken Abhalter saw the sign Saturday morning while driving eastbound near the Thornton Road exit on I-20. He snapped a photo, calling it "'Fight Club' level vandalism," he told Fox 5. Abhalter, who runs D&G Outdoor Lighting and Signing Inc., told the news outlet the vandal had to know what they were doing to even get up there. "You would need a big ladder to get up there, you would need rappelling equipment to be able to paint both of those billboard faces, in the middle of the night," he said to Fox 5. His business partner, Donovan Swafford, said whoever did it was actually risking their life to make such a change at that level. Douglasville police said that since no one called in the vandalism, they haven't opened an investigation as of Tuesday. "We are aware of the billboard which was vandalized over the weekend and are taking steps to increase patrol in the area," a police spokesperson said. "The vandalism was promptly painted over by the owner. At this time, no damage to property reports have been filed with our department by the owner of the billboard." Patch has reached out to Abhalter for further comment.