Bodycam video shows arrest of assistant AG in Rhode Island
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PRIMETIMER on MSNWho is Devon Hogan Flanagan? Rhode Island Attorney General warns of consequences after viral assistant AG’s arrest video sparks outrage
After bodycam footage of Devon Hogan Flanagan’s arrest in Newport, Rhode Island went viral, the Attorney General is admonishing his prosecutor. On August 14, Flanagan had a strained interaction with the authorities, and could be seen repeatedly flashing her title as an “AG” to avoid getting arrested.
I’m an AG. I’m an AG,” Flanagan said, to which the officer yelled, “Good for you. I don’t give a (expletive). Let’s go.”
(WJAR) — Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha on Tuesday reacted to a state prosecutor's arrest. Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Hogan Flanagan was arrested in Newport last week for willful trespass.
The Rhode Island Assistant Attorney General also repeatedly ordered an officer to turn off his body cam, to no avail.
“It was after all, fast and furious,” attorney John Grasso told The Post of chaotic bodycam footage that showed his client, Veronica Hannan, and Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Hogan Flanagan cuffed by police for alleged trespassing at the Clarke Cooke House restaurant in Newport on Thursday.