WATCH: Democrat Lawmaker Gets Arrested In Stunning Police Bodycam Footage
Published 54 minutes ago
on August 18, 2025
By Chris Powell
Newly released police body-worn camera footage has rattled through Rhode Island politics, showing a high-ranking Democrat law enforcement official berating officers, insisting they follow her orders, and ultimately being arrested after refusing to leave a Newport restaurant.
Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Hogan Flanagan, who has worked in the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office for seven years, was arrested late Thursday, August 14, outside the Clarke Cooke House on Bannister’s Wharf. She faces a charge of willful trespass after officers responded to reports of patrons refusing to leave.
The footage begins with officers repeatedly telling Flanagan and her friend, Veronica Hannan, to exit the restaurant. Instead, Flanagan can be heard attempting to assert authority over the situation.
https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1957517216834023641“If I ask you to turn off the body cam, you have to turn it off. That’s your protocol,” Flanagan told officers.
Her companion quickly chimed in, “She’s a f***ing lawyer, so she knows.”
The officer bluntly rejected that demand, replying: “Well, that’s bullsh*t lawyer stuff. So that’s not true. We got to go.”
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