A woman was escorted out of an Edgewood Independent School District board meeting in handcuffs on Tuesday evening after speaking past her allotted time during public comments.

Maribel Gardea spoke during the public comment of the board meeting and was told her “time was up” after talking for four minutes.

As Gardea first approached the podium, she told the board members she was going to read her comments in Spanish and then asked if she would get two extra minutes to read her comments in English.

“Are you asking for a translator?” a board member asked Gardea.

Gardea responded in Spanish, “No. I’m going to read in Spanish, and I have two extra minutes to speak in English, correct?”

That same board member responded, “Go ahead.”

Gardea then expressed her concerns to the board about bull

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