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Home My WebLink AboutSchool board offices locked down in wake of teacher being handcuffed, jailed - Ottawa Sun - 01/10/2018 - Ottawa Sun - 01/10/20181/10/2018 School board offices locked down in wake of teacher being handcuffed, jailed I Ottawa Sun a Hot Topics CLASSIIHE S NEWS SPORTS OPINION ENTERTAINMENT LIFE MORE SUBSCRIPTION School board offices locked down in wake of teacher being handcuffed, jailed Associated Press More from Associated Press Published: January 10, 2018 Updated: January 10, 2018 8:55 AM EST Filed Under: Ottawa Sun > News > World VIII Illi/r� School board womm offices locked In this screenshot, teacher Deyshia Hargrave is handcuffed outside Vermillion Parish school down in wake of teacher being board meeting on Jan. 8, 2018. Screenshiot / IKATC TV handcuffed, jailed missing plane comment period. The teacher's union and the ACLU are investigating NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana school board's offices were temporarily and two board members are complaining that the board treats ii�1 locked down amid death threats from across the world in response to Leopards kill widely viewed video of a teacher screaming while being handcuffed at atleastthree children in India a school board meeting. This Razor is a $113 IBillion H oro' I n oii GUNTER: Notley nE continue strong pi messaging GUNTER: Alberta P plan the best of th Reevely: Even toug penalties for distn driving coming to I Egan: The Sally An shelter— enough c how about why? http://ottawasun.com/news/world/school-board-offices-locked-down-in-wake-of-teacher-being-handcuffed-jailed/wcm/el6c4705-5738-41 cb-83b4-a6178... 1/5 The teacher was removed from a school board meeting, forcibly Malaysia to ffm handcuffed and jailed after questioning pay policies during a public pay firm up to $70M if it finds missing plane comment period. The teacher's union and the ACLU are investigating and two board members are complaining that the board treats ii�1 women unfairly. Man sold stepdaughter's puppy for The lockdown happened Tuesday in the school district in south - drugs: Cops central Louisiana. This Razor is a $113 IBillion H oro' I n oii GUNTER: Notley nE continue strong pi messaging GUNTER: Alberta P plan the best of th Reevely: Even toug penalties for distn driving coming to I Egan: The Sally An shelter— enough c how about why? http://ottawasun.com/news/world/school-board-offices-locked-down-in-wake-of-teacher-being-handcuffed-jailed/wcm/el6c4705-5738-41 cb-83b4-a6178... 1/5 1/10/2018 School board offices locked down in wake of teacher being handcuffed, jailed I Ottawa Sun Vermilion Parish School Board President Anthony Fontana tells The Clarion -Ledger the threats have come from as far away as South America, Australia and England, as well as other U.S. states. He said they've been reported to the FBI and local police. RELATED LINKS A video posted by KATC-TV shows middle -school English teacher Deyshia Hargrave complying with a city marshal's orders to leave Monday night's Vermilion Parish School Board meeting in Abbeville, west of New Orleans. Next, she is seen on the hallway floor, screaming as the marshal handcuffs her behind her back. "Stop resisting," the marshal says, hustling Hargrave toward an exit after lifting her to her feet. "I am not, you just pushed me to the floor;' Hargrave responds Watch the full raw video here: Vermilion Parish teacher gets arrested at Vermilion Parish schoo... Hargrave later bonded out of the Abbeville jail on charges of "remaining after being forbidden" and resisting an officer, according to KATC. The station reported that board president Anthony Fontana had ruled Hargrave out of order for asking questions during a time reserved for public comment. Later in the same meeting, she spoke again in response to a question from the board, and was confronted by the marshal despite objections from the audience. "She was recognized!" several people said. http://ottawasun.com/news/world/school-board-offices-locked-down-in-wake-of-teacher-being-handcuffed-jailed/wcm/el6c4705-5738-41 cb-83b4-a6178... 2/5 1/10/2018 School board offices locked down in wake of teacher being handcuffed, jailed I Ottawa Sun "This is the most disgraceful and distasteful thing I have ever seen," another audience member said as Hargrave made her way out. Women have several times been told to leave meetings, while men who speak out have not been removed, board member Laura LeBeouf told The Associated Press in a telephone interview on Tuesday. "When she realized she had to get out, she picked up her purse and walked out;" LeBeouf said. "Women in this parish are not getting the same treatment" The board's other woman member expressed similar sentiments. "No reason for anyone to be treated this way. So far in 3 years, only women have been removed from board room meetings," Sara Duplechain wrote in an emailed response to AP's questions. It remains unclear why Hargrave was handcuffed. In a longer video posted on YouTube by a reporter for the Abbeville Meridional, the officer is heard telling Hargrave outside the building that he had given her "many lawful orders to leave:' "And that's exactly what I was doing," Hargrave insists. Neither the board president nor Superintendent Jerome Puyau returned phone calls or emails seeking comment. Puyau told media in southwest Louisiana that the school system would not seek to have Hargrave prosecuted. Longstanding divisions on the eight -member school board preceded the meeting, according to LeBeouf and board member Kibbie Pillette, both of whom said that a new contract for Puyau give him the opportunity to earn as much as $38,000 more per year, while the board hasn't raised teacher salaries in more than a decade. Pillette said he wouldn't be surprised if teachers decide to walk out to protest Hargrave's treatment, although they were at work Tuesday. Other board members either declined comment or didn't respond to queries Tuesday. The Louisiana Association of Educators has a lawyer supporting Hargrave. http://ottawasun.com/news/world/school-board-offices-locked-down-in-wake-of-teacher-being-handcuffed-jailed/wcm/el6c4705-5738-41 cb-83b4-a6178... 3/5 1/10/2018 School board offices locked down in wake of teacher being handcuffed, jailed I Ottawa Sun "As an organization that advocates for the dedicated school employees of Louisiana, we firmly denounce the mistreatment of Ms. Hargrave, a loving parent and dedicated teacher serving the students of Vermilion Parish," the union's statement said. The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana said it was investigating as well. "Deyshia Hargrave's expulsion from a public meeting and subsequent arrest are unacceptable and raise serious constitutional concerns;' the organization said in an emailed news release. 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