A Louisiana teacher who spoke out about her salary at a school board meeting on was later dragged out of the building in handcuffs.

Deyshia Hargrave, a middle school teacher, was at a meeting of the Vermillion Parish schools board on Monday when she decided to ask officials about pay discrepancies.

Footage broadcast on local news network KATC-TV showed Ms Hargrave being approached by a police officer and asked to leave the meeting. She complied, but was later seen being forcibly removed from the building.

In the dramatic video, she can be heard yelling at the officer that he had pushed her to the ground, before being ordered to "stop resisting".

Ms Hargrave has since been told that no charges will be pressed.