New York County public defender caught on video tearing down posters of Israeli hostages — and she just resigned

A New York County public defender who was caught on video tearing down posters of Israeli hostages has just resigned.

Victoria Ruiz, 36, tendered her resignation, "effective immediately," a New York County Defender Services representative told Fox News.

What's the background?

Despite the glut of videos popping up on social media showing leftists tearing down posters of Israelis — many of them children — who've been taken hostage by terrorist group Hamas, Ruiz for some reason went ahead and did the same.

In the clip, an individual behind the camera approaches Ruiz and repeatedly asks, "Why are you taking down pictures of missing children?"

Ruiz doesn't answer and just walks away.

"It is absolutely unacceptable for someone with such bias and hate to serve in your office," StopAntisemitism told New York County Defender Services in the clip's caption.

The organization said in a statement that "we strongly condemned the highly insensitive action," Fox News reported.

StopAntisemitism was "pleased to hear" that Ruiz resigned, the group's executive director, Liora Rez, added to the cable news network.

"Someone who openly denigrates a vulnerable community by tearing down these posters should not be representing New York County’s most vulnerable in court," the group added to Fox News.

How are others reacting?

As you might imagine, observers were pleased with Ruiz's resignation — and none too pleased about her actions:

• One commenter quipped, "Future job — 'would you like fries with that?'"
• "She ought to be fired and not resign. Victoria Ruiz should never hold such position again," another user declared. "She's not a public defender, rather a sympathizer for terrorists."
• "From the river to the sea soon you’ll work for @KFC," another commenter noted in a jarring variation of the pro-Palestinian chant that pushes for wiping Israel off the map.
• "Imagine throwing your job away to tear down missing/abduction flyers," another user observed. "Was it really worth it?"

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