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Body camera footage provided by the police department shows
Flanagan asking an officer multiple times to turn off his body
camera and then repeatedly saying “I'm an AG.”
The footage shows the officers approaching someone from the
restaurant and asking if “they want them trespassed." The person
clasps his hands and responds saying “Trespass, yeah. Cuff 'em,
please.”
When the officer says Flanagan and the individuals also with her
are trespassing, the attorney says "We’re not trespassing, you
haven’t notified us that we’re trespassing.”
“What did I just say to you? You’re trespassing,” says the
officer, who is not identified in the video.
“I'm an AG. I'm an AG,” Flanagan later says.
“Good for you," the officer says and then an expletive.
Eventually, Flanagan is put in a patrol vehicle and says,
“Buddy, you’re gonna regret this. You’re gonna regret it.”
According to the Attorney General's office, Flanagan has worked
for the state's top legal office for nearly seven years and is
currently assigned to the criminal division's appellate unit.
A spokesperson for the attorney general said the office was
reviewing the incident and declined to comment further, citing
personnel reasons.
During an interview with WPRO on Tuesday, Rhode Island Attorney
General Peter Neronha said Flanagan was “going to take some
steps” to address the arrest, which include an apology to
Newport police, but said no decision had been made regarding
discipline.
"Look, she’s put me in a bad position. She’s embarrassed
herself, humiliated herself, treated the Newport Police
Department horribly,” Neronha said.
“I’ve got 110 lawyers. She embarrassed all of them, in a sense,”
he added.
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