A woman who destroyed Greek flags outside a restaurant after mistaking them for Israeli flags has been arrested.
In a pro-Palestinian rant, the TikTok creator can be heard shouting, “I don’t stand for genocide, I don’t stand for Zionism,” as she films herself pulling down the bunting from outside Efi’s Gyro in Montclair, New Jersey .
The woman, identified as Only Fans creator Amber Matthews, has now been arrested.
The 23-year-old only stopped pulling down the bunting when she was told that the flags were Greek and not Israeli flags.
The TikTokker who tore down Greek flags, thinking they were Israeli flags, has been arrested after uploading the video online
Amber Matthews, 23, only stopped pulling down the bunting when she was told the flags were not Israeli and Matthews said “my bad”
Matthews filmed herself yelling at the restaurant employees, asking them if they knew there was a “genocide going on” and that “they’re killing children.”
After repeatedly saying, “I don’t support this,” Matthews was eventually told that the flags were Greek. Then she says, “I thought it was Israel, my fault.”
Matthews was criticized online after she uploaded the video, with the caption “the time I wrongly thought the flag of Greece was for Israel and took down the restaurant flag, OMG.”
Someone commented: ‘Bro literally says gyros on the window. This is so embarrassing and insulting.”
Another wrote: ‘Don’t even know who you’re fighting for’
“I hope you sincerely apologized, bought their food and helped them put it all back up, and better yet how can you just say ‘my bad’,” said another.
Although the two flags share the same blue and white color scheme, they have very different designs.
The Israeli flag has the Star of David in the center, while the Greek flag has a cross and blue and white lines.
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 upper left corner
Matthews was charged with bias and intimidation and is due back in court in December
Matthews had been at the restaurant about a week earlier to hand out flyers in support of Palestine, police said.
After she uploaded the video to TikTok earlier this month, officials were able to identify Matthews as a suspect.
She was accused of bias and intimidation and is due back in court in December.
