Killjoy council ordered me to take down my Halloween body bag decoration after ONE complaint from 'triggered' local - but I think it's good clean fun
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Killjoy council ordered me to take down my Halloween body bag decoration after ONE complaint from 'triggered' local - but I think it's good clean fun

Daily Mail  

A mother claims she was forced to tear down her Halloween decorations after one neighbour's complaint triggered a visit from the council. A mother claims she was forced to tear down her body bag Halloween decorations after one neighbour's complaint triggered a visit from the council. The hospitality worker was initially baffled by the request as her own kids 'aren't scared' of them but, not wanting to offend anyone, she removed them from display Caroline Ashley was stunned when a Liverpool Council worker allegedly rang her doorbell on September 24th demanding she remove the offending decorations from a tree in front of her house The 41-year-old said the council visit followed a 'really upset' local who banged on her door to say she was 'triggered' by the display The mum-of-two said the council worker returned the following day to check the decorations had been taken down, and requested they be moved onto her property. As the two inflatables were hanging from a tree on a patch of council-owned land in front of her property and not her own land, Ms Ashley she was obliged to take them down The mum-of-two said the council worker returned the following day to check the decorations had been taken down, and requested they be moved onto her property Ms Ashley shared her dilemma in a Facebook group of 300,000 members asking 'are the body bags too much?' That definitely was not the intention and I've got two kids and they're not scared of it' In future, Ms Ashley said she'll keep the body bag decorations in the garage A Liverpool City Council spokesman confirmed that a complaint was received and acted upon 'I thought "absolutely fine", I don't want to offend anyone.

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