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.

A RI special assistant attorney general who was arrested in Newport last week berated police over body cam footage while being accused of trespassing.

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.”

Devon Hogan Flanagan, a prosecutor with Rhode Island Attorney General's office, was arrested in Newport after refusing to leave a restaurant when asked by police. Caught on bodycam, she repeatedly identified herself as an attorney general and warned officers,

The president of the Rhode Island Police Chiefs Association, Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas Oates III, wants to clarify comments made by a prosecutor.

The office of Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is reviewing the arrest of a Special Assistant Attorney General by Newport police.