Teacher escorted out from meeting in handcuffs  The superintendent of Vermilion Parish schools says the board won't press charges against a teacher who was removed from the board's special meeting Monday night.
Teacher handcuffed after criticizing a raise
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Hargrave spoke Monday at a school board meeting.

“You’re making our job even more difficult,” she told the Vermilion Parish school board. “A superintendent or any person in a position of leadership getting any type of raise, I feel like it’s a slap in the face to all the teachers, cafeteria workers, and any other support staff we have.”

“A superintendent or any person in a position of leadership getting any type of raise, I feel like it’s a slap in the face to all the teachers, cafeteria workers, and any other support staff we have.”

The video recorded by KATC shows Hargrave screaming, “What are you doing?” at the marshal.

“Stop resisting,” he says.

“I’m am not! You just pushed me to the floor!” Hargrave yells as she’s forcibly led out of the building. “I am way smaller than you!”

Hargrave was booked into the Abbeville jail, accused of remaining after being forbidden and resisting an officer. She paid bail and was released.

It’s not clear if the marshal, hired as a resource officer to provide security, acted on his own or under the direction of a board member, KATC said. CNN has reached out to the city marshal’s office for comment.

School board member Laura LeBeouf expressed dismay after Hargrave was taken away.

“What happened here tonight – the way that females are treated in Vermilion Parish … I have never seen a man removed from this room,” LeBeouf said.

Ike Funderburk, Abbeville’s city attorney and prosecutor, told KATC he won’t be prosecuting the teacher.

“I have reviewed the video and I am not going to approve any charges against the teacher,” Funderburk said. “I talked with the attorney for the school board, and they do not wish to pursue any charges against the teacher.”

The school board ended up approving the raise for Superintendent Jerome Puyau, whose salary increased from $110,190 to $140,188, KATC reports.

In a statement, Louisiana Association of Educators President Debbie Meaux denounced the way Hargrave was treated at the meeting.

But as video of Hargrave’s arrest spread around the world, the superintendent said he and his family have received death threats.

Hargrave believes her right to free speech was violated and she is considering legal action, Brian Blackwell, attorney for the Louisiana Association of Educators, said Tuesday.

The Louisiana Association of Educators held a rally for Hargrave on Thursday in Abbeville, where the board meeting was held. The group chanted “Stand by Deyshia” and carried signs, including one that said “Silence One #Hear Us ROAR!!”

CNN’s Janet DiGiacomo contributed to this story.