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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.
“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.
The Block Island Ferry has canceled service, and Newport has closed Easton's Beach, as Rhode Island begins to feel the impact of Hurricane Erin.
Arrest of Rhode Island Assistant AG Devon Flanagan: body-cam demand, 'You'll regret this' remark, and internal review fuel police controversy.
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.”
A RI special assistant attorney general who was arrested in Newport last week berated police over body cam footage while being accused of trespassing.