cam
footage
of
arrest
of
Assistant
Attorney
General
Devon
Hogan
Flanagan
provided
by
Newport
Police
Department
Last
week,
Rhode
Island
Special
Assistant
Attorney
General
Devon
Hogan
Flanagan
was
arrested
and
charged
with
trespassing
after
an
alcohol-fueled
incident
in
front
of
a
restaurant.
And
that
would
be
bad
enough,
but
the
arresting
officer’s
body
cam
footage
was
released
and
it
tells
a
tale
that’ll
be
a
lot
harder
to
live
down
than
a
misdemeanor
arrest.
The
incident
demonstrated
the
utmost
in
entitlement.
Hogan
Flanagan
and
a
friend
were
asked
to
vacate
the
premises
of
a
Newport
restaurant,
and
they
refused
both
the
business’s
and
police
requests
to
do
so.
The
footage
shows
the
prosecutor
misstating
the
law
as
she
demands
the
cops
shut
off
their
bodycams
(they
refuse
as
she
was
a
suspect,
not
a
victim).
Nearly
a
dozen
times
Hogan
Flanagan
repeats,
“I’m
an
A.G.,
I’m
an
A.G.,”
as
she’s
being
ushered
into
the
police
cruiser.
As
if
the
legal
version
of
“don’t
you
know
who
I
am?”
wasn’t
enough,
Hogan
Flanagan
tops
it
with
this
kiss
of
death:
“Buddy,
you’re
gonna
regret
this.
You’re
gonna
regret
it.”
Oh,
that
feels
like
foreshadowing.
The
Rhode
Island
attorney
general’s
office
said
in
a
statement,
“The
Office
immediately
began
a
review
of
the
incident,
which
we
anticipate
will
conclude
within
the
next
few
days.”
But
the
actual
RI
Attorney
General,
Peter
Neronha,
had
harsher
words,
saying
she’d
receive
a
“strong
sanction”
including
a
“suspension
without
pay”
*if*
he
decides
to
retain
her
with
the
office.
“Look,
she’s
put
me
in
a
bad
position.
She’s
embarrassed
herself,
humiliated
herself,
treated
the
Newport
Police
Department
horribly,”
Neronha
said.
“She
is
going
to
take
some
steps
to
try
to
address
that
in
the
next
day
or
so.”
“It
was
inexcusable
behavior,”
he
said.
“She
knows
better.
…
I’ve
got
110
lawyers.
She
embarrassed
all
of
them,
in
a
sense.”
Somebody
sure
regrets
the
incident,
but
it
isn’t
the
cop.
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Rubino
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