A video of an off-duty Alameda County firefighter making racist comments to a driver after the two were involved in a collision racked up more than half a million views on TikTok, prompting the department to place the firefighter on paid administrative leave.
In a video posted Friday by the driver, known as Vath Touch, on TikTok, a man approaches Touch’s vehicle and accuses him of being at fault after the crash on Highway 99 in Lodi. He makes racist comments, asking, “What are you?” and inquiring whether Touch is Mexican or Filipino.
“I’m no f—ing racist. I’m a f—ing firefighter,” the man, wearing a shirt with an indiscernible fire department logo, appears to say later in the four-minute video.