A nurse has sparked outrage after she allegedly called on protesters to resist ICE agents by injecting them with dangerous drugs.
In videos posted online, Malinda Rose Cook appeared to urge medical providers to fill syringes with saline or succinylcholine, a powerful anesthetic that paralyzes every muscle in the body within seconds, including those needed to breathe, and use them on federal officers.
In medicine, the substance is used briefly during surgery to insert breathing tubes, wearing off in five to ten minutes. It can be dangerous if used incorrectly or without proper medical supervision.
In one of her videos, which has since been deleted from TikTok, Cook said: ‘That will probably be a deterrent. Be safe.’ She has since been suspended, her employer, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health, said.
Cook also advised protesters to gather poison ivy, ‘get it in some water… and put it into a water gun. Aim for faces, hands.’
She then sent a message to single women, asking them to get on dating apps to connect with ICE agents: ‘Bring some Ex-Lax and put it in their drinks. Get them sick, you know, nobody’s gonna die. Fitting enough to incapacitate them, get them off the street for the next day.’
It comes amid rising anger over the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by an ICE officer in Minneapolis on Saturday. Cook’s videos have been removed from her TikTok page, however, a compilation of clips was reposted on X by a right-wing news account.
Libs of TikTok wrote: ‘Any comment @VCUHealth? How can you have such a vile person working with patients? How can anyone feel safe at your facilities if you employ such people?’
Protesters against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) march through the streets of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Sunday
Malinda Rose Cook, identified as a nurse at Virginia Commonwealth University Health, allegedly posted multiple videos urging medical providers to fill syringes with saline or succinylcholine to inject into ICE agents
In a statement to the Daily Mail, a VCU spokesman said: ‘We prioritize the health and safety of anyone who comes to us for care. We are aware of a series of videos that appear to have been posted by an individual confirmed to be an employee of our health system.
‘The content of the videos is highly inappropriate and does not reflect the integrity or values of our health system. VCU Police are assisting with this investigation.
‘Per policy, while the investigation is underway, the individual is on administrative leave and will not be in our facilities or interacting with patients.’
The Daily Mail has reached out to Cook for comment but has not yet received a response.
Federal forces patrolling the streets of Minneapolis have sparked round-the-clock protests in which residents blast music outside of the hotels where agents stay, film them, shout at them and march in the streets.
The federal government’s response has been to crack down harder, sometimes with fatal consequences, exploding into public view as a Washington Post investigation exposed the Trump administration’s pattern of prematurely defending federal officers in at least 16 shooting incidents, often before evidence contradicted their claims.
In a separate video, she advised single women to connect with ICE agents on dating apps, suggesting they ‘bring some Ex-Lax and put it in their drinks’ to intentionally sicken and incapacitate them
A VCU Health spokesman told the Daily Mail the health system is aware of the ‘highly inappropriate’ videos posted by a confirmed employee, who is now on administrative leave and barred from facilities during a police-assisted investigation
The protests in Minneapolis have been overwhelmingly peaceful, with no demonstrators firing weapons.
The killing of Pretti, 37, has become a flashpoint for national outrage and scrutiny.
Others in the vicinity of the shooting took cellphone videos depicting Pretti calmly filming, then being pepper-sprayed, beaten, and finally shot while pinned on the ground.
Ten shots were fired in less than five seconds into Pretti’s back and chest as he lay on the ground, according to analyses of video footage.
This evidence contradicts official Department of Homeland Security claims that Pretti ‘approached officers’ with a gun in a threatening manner with intent to ‘massacre’ them. The Administration has previously said that investigations are ongoing.
