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'You're gonna regret this': RI Asst. AG Devon Flanagan berates police while under arrest
A Rhode Island special assistant attorney general who was arrested in Newport last week berated police over body camera footage while being trespassed.
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.”
Speed 00:01 00:00 Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha speaks at length about the arrest of a prosecutor in his office with NBC 10's Gene Valicenti on WPRO radio. Neronha said he met with Flanagan Monday and had her watch the body camera video of her arrest.
Police video shows a state prosecutor telling officers it is “protocol” for them to turn off the camera if “a citizen” asks them to do so. Experts say that’s not true.
“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.