Virginia Hospital Fires Nurse Who Urged Colleagues To Inject ICE Agents With Paralytic Drug

A Virginia hospital fired a nurse after she encouraged other medical professionals to inject ICE officers with succinylcholine, a drug that temporarily paralyzes muscles, in an effort to “sabotage” them.

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health said it opened an investigation after the nurse posted a series of TikTok videos and ultimately terminated her employment. In one of the videos, she urged doctors and nurses to “grab some syringes with needles on the end” and fill them with “saline or succinylcholine,” adding, “Whatever. Whatever,” and claiming it would “probably be a deterrent.”

“Following an investigation, the individual involved in the social media videos is no longer employed by VCU Health. In addition, VCU Health has fulfilled its reporting requirements under Virginia state law,” the hospital said in a statement Tuesday.

Meet Melinda, a healthcare worker at @VCUHealth. She posted a series of videos encouraging people to inject ICE agents with succinylocholine, a temporary paralysis drug, and spray poison on them. She also encourages woman to go on dates with agents and drug their food.

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— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 27, 2026

The woman, who went by the handle Redheadredemption, posted another video in which she appeared in scrubs and encouraged viewers to use poison ivy-soaked water in a water gun to shoot ICE officers in the face.

She also called on single women to meet up with ICE agents on dating apps and spike their drinks with laxatives.

“All the single ladies where these ICE guys are going have a chance to do something, not without risk, but could help the cause for sure. Get on Tinder, get on Hinge, find these guys, they’re around,” she said.

“If they’re an ICE agent, bring some ex-lax and put it in their drinks, get ’em sick. Nobody’s gonna die, it’s just enough to incapacitate them and get them off the street for the next day.”

“Highly easily deniable, you could get sick, too. Won’t eat there again. I’m just sayin’, let’s get ’em where they eat, somebody’s not gonna be supporting these guys, where’s the hotel where they eat? Who makes their breakfast? Let’s find them.”

“Let’s make their lives f*cking miserable.”

She also encouraged hotel staff to hide “dead fish” in ICE officers’ rooms.

The woman’s posts come as ICE agents face an 8,000% increase in death threats and a more than 1,300% surge in assaults.