New Jersey woman who posted herself tearing down string of Greek flags thinking they were Israeli is arrested
Daily MailA woman who ripped down Greek flags from outside a restaurant, after mistaking them for Israeli flags, has been arrested. The TikTokker who ripped down Greek flags, thinking they were Israeli, has been arrested after uploading the video online Amber Matthews, 23, only stopped pulling down the bunting when she was informed the flags were not Israeli and Matthews said 'my bad' Matthews videoed herself yelling at the restaurant workers, asking them if they knew there was a 'genocide going on' and that 'they're killing children'. Matthews received criticism online following her uploading of the video, with the caption 'the time I mistakenly though the Flag for Greece was for Israel and took the restaurant's flag down OMG.' The Israeli flag is blue and white with two lines and the Star of David in the center while the Greek flag has blue and white lines with a cross in the top left corner Matthews was charged with bias and intimidation, and is due back in court in December Matthews had been in the restaurant around a week earlier handing out fliers in support of Palestine, police said.