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VCU Health employee placed on leave after videos suggest harming ICE agents
VCU Health fired a nurse after videos urging harm against ICE agents gained over 4 million views, prompting an internal probe and police involvement.
- On January 27, 2026, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System suspended an employee and placed them on administrative leave after Libs of TikTok shared a video compilation on X prompting an investigation.
- A series of videos urged injuring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, including injecting them with succinylcholine and spraying poison; the poster was identified as Melinda, healthcare worker at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System .
- In the videos she detailed specific methods, saying syringes and poison-ivy water could be used, and she explicitly suggested Ex-Lax as a sabotage tactic.
- The investigation keeps the employee off duty while authorities review the videos; VCU Health said VCU Police are assisting and the individual is barred from facilities amid alarm from legal and civil-rights observers.
- The posts emerged amid recent federal-agent shootings in Minneapolis this month, including the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good, while Firstpost noted it could not confirm Melinda's identity or the videos' full context.
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Anti-ICE Nurse Fired After Viral Videos Show Her Suggesting Ways to Harm Federal Agents
A nurse was fired from Virginia Commonwealth University Health after her "sabotage" videos instructing healthcare providers and others how to harm federal agents went viral. The post Anti-ICE Nurse Fired from VCU Health After Viral Videos Show Her Suggesting Various Ways to Harm Federal Agents appeared first on Breitbart.
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