Physique cam footage of arrest of Assistant Legal professional Normal Devon Hogan Flanagan offered by Newport Police Division
Final week, Rhode Island Particular Assistant Legal professional Normal Devon Hogan Flanagan was arrested and charged with trespassing after an alcohol-fueled incident in entrance of a restaurant. And that will be unhealthy sufficient, however the arresting officer’s physique cam footage was launched and it tells a story that’ll be quite a bit tougher to reside down than a misdemeanor arrest.
The incident demonstrated the utmost in entitlement. Hogan Flanagan and a buddy have been requested to vacate the premises of a Newport restaurant, they usually refused each the enterprise’s and police requests to take action.
The footage reveals the prosecutor misstating the legislation as she calls for the cops shut off their bodycams (they refuse as she was a suspect, not a sufferer).
Almost a dozen occasions Hogan Flanagan repeats, “I’m an A.G., I’m an A.G.,” as she’s being ushered into the police cruiser.
As if the authorized model of “don’t you recognize who I’m?” wasn’t sufficient, Hogan Flanagan tops it with this kiss of demise: “Buddy, you’re gonna remorse this. You’re gonna remorse it.”
Oh, that appears like foreshadowing.
The Rhode Island lawyer basic’s workplace stated in a press release, “The Workplace instantly started a overview of the incident, which we anticipate will conclude inside the subsequent few days.” However the precise RI Legal professional Normal, Peter Neronha, had harsher phrases, saying she’d obtain a “sturdy sanction” together with a “suspension with out pay” *if* he decides to retain her with the workplace.
“Look, she’s put me in a foul place. She’s embarrassed herself, humiliated herself, handled the Newport Police Division horribly,” Neronha stated. “She goes to take some steps to attempt to deal with that within the subsequent day or so.”
“It was inexcusable conduct,” he stated. “She is aware of higher. … I’ve acquired 110 legal professionals. She embarrassed all of them, in a way.”
Any individual certain regrets the incident, nevertheless it isn’t the cop.
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