Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health and the VCU Police Department are investigating after a nurse employed by the hospital system posted a series of social mediavideos encouraging poisoning and other covert attacks on federal law enforcement officers, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The nurse, identified through a now-deleted TikTok account under the name Redheadredemption, has been placed on administrative leave while the investigation is ongoing.
The videos, which circulated widely online after being shared by the social media account LibsOfTikTok, included suggestions for using syringes filled with saline or succinylcholine as a “deterrent,” creating poison ivy water to spray on law enforcement, and tampering with the food or drinks of ICE agents. Succinylcholine is a powerful paralytic anesthetic that causes temporary muscle paralysis.
In one video captioned “#staytoxic,” the nurse encouraged single women to use dating apps to identify ICE agents and incapacitate them.