A Rhode Island prosecutor allegedly ordered Newport police officers to shut off their body cameras as she was placed in the back of a cruiser on trespassing charges — warning them they would “regret it,” according to reports and authorities.
Police said they encountered Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Hogan Flanagan and her friend, Veronica Hannan, outside the Clarke Cooke House restaurant on Thursday evening while responding to a call about an “unwanted party,” NBC10 reported.
Bodycam footage released by the department shows Flanagan, a Democrat, making threats and attempting to intimidate officers by invoking her position during the confrontation, the New York Post reported.
As police arrived, the prosecutor told officers, “I want you to turn your bodycam off. Protocol is that you turn it off. It’s a citizen request that you turn it off,” she demanded, according to the footage.
