Virginia healthcare worker under scrutiny after viral videos allegedly encourage extreme tactics against ICE agents, triggering outrage and questions over online accountability
A healthcare worker from Virginia has stirred controversy after posting videos that allegedly encouraged people to harm US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, including by suggesting they be injected with paralytic drugs. The clips have drawn intense criticism and raised questions about online influence and accountability.
Who is Melinda?
The woman, identified only as Melinda, is said to work for Virginia Commonwealth University Health, according to a social media post shared by Libs of TikTok on X. In the video, she appears to suggest extreme tactics aimed at ICE agents, who enforce immigration law in the United States.
In one clip, Melinda is seen saying, “I thought of something good. I think it’s up in a weird spot. Sabotage tactic or at least scare tactic.” The phrase was shared in a context that critics say amounts to urging followers to consider dangerous acts.
Melinda’s video reportedly went further, with calls to use needles filled with either saline or a paralytic called succinylcholine, a short-acting muscle relaxant used in medical settings to induce rapid paralysis.
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
She also suggested other actions, such as spraying poison or encouraging women to go on dates with ICE agents to drug their drinks. At one point, she says: “All the medical providers, grab some syringes with needles on the end. Have them full of saline or succinylcholine, you know, whatever, whatever.”
In another part of the video, Melinda urges people to target ICE agents more broadly, saying, “Anything you can do to make the living conditions bad … just stay toxic.” This kind of rhetoric has alarmed legal and civil rights observers.
The video surfaced shortly after the killing of
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse in Minneapolis who was fatally shot by a federal agent — the second such shooting in the city this month. However, Firstpost could not independently verified Melinda’s identity or the full context of the recordings.
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