Deyshia Hargrave is a teacher at Rene A. Rost Middle School based in Kaplan, Louisiana. ^{[5] [0] [4]}

On Monday, January 8, 2018, Hargrave spoke out about a superintendent’s pay raise during a Vermillion Parish school board meeting was escorted out and handcuffed by marshal Reggie Hilts. Video of the incident went viral on social media. ^{[7] [5]}

She spoke prior to the vote and questioned the school board’s decision to consider a $38,000 raise for Superintendent Jerome Puyau.

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