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

A combative prosecutor ordered cops to turn off their body cameras while arresting her at a Rhode Island restaurant. Alcohol may have been a factor.

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.

Keith Hoffmann has become the first candidate to formally announce they are running to be Rhode Island's next attorney general in the 2026 election. Until about three weeks ago, Hoffmann was chief of policy for the term-limited Attorney General Peter Neronha who, he says, encouraged him as far back as a year ago to consider running for the job.

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.”

"Watch as a Rhode Island prosecutor asserts 'I’m an AG!' during a drunken arrest caught on camera. Privilege on full display. Shocking

Arrest of Rhode Island Assistant AG Devon Flanagan: body-cam demand, 'You'll regret this' remark, and internal review fuel police controversy.

“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.