"Immigration agents who descended on Los Angeles last summer referred to Latinos using slurs like “tonk” and “wet,” according to body camera footage and text messages detailed in a court filing asking a federal judge to bar agents from making stops based on racial profiling.

After a June raid at Home Depot in Hollywood, body camera footage captured an agent saying: “There was a guy, I’m pretty sure he’s wet he was just sitting in that minivan.” A text chain revealed an agent referring to “tonks everywhere selling food” — using a word reportedly derived from the sound an agent’s utility flashlight makes when hitting a migrant’s head. In a video, an agent said, “Yeah, just plug us in wherever you see some tonks and we’ll jump out.”"

latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-27/immigration-agents-racial-profiling-aclu

fork found in kitchen

Those racist JROTC kids from school finally found their dream larp job.

I thought Tonk was a card game?

OH MY GOD

I CANT BELIEVE THIS

Disgusting but least surprising news I’ve heard all day

I was okay with the masked federal taskforce kidnapping everyone

But the dirty words are a step too far

Cops do this too btw

The hell is Tonk I never heard that in my life

ur telling me there’s racism in my getsapo? hope hr can crack down on this

Well...color me shocked!

Amerikkka crazy fr

They say it’s the sound of hitting someone in the head with a flashlight but the slur predates that so who knows anymore

Thinking a man is wet