I'm an AG. I'm an AG. >> I'm an AG. >> I'm an AG. >> I'm an AG. >> AG. >> I'm an AG. >> I'm an AG. >> But you're going to regret this. >> Yeah. >> You're going to regret it. I'm an AG. >> On the night of the 14th of August, 2025 at 9:57 p.m., officers with the Newport, Rhode Island Police Department respond to a report of an intoxicated woman refusing to leave an upscale Newport restaurant. As the police arrive on the scene, they are met with two women, Veronica Hannon, who the call was originally for, and Devon Flanagan, who, as officers will soon learn, is a Rhode Island Assistant Attorney General. An Assistant Attorney General is a lawyer who is employed by the state of Rhode Island specifically within the Attorney General's Office, representing the state's interests, prosecuting crimes, and handling the state's legal matters under the elected Attorney General. >> I want you to see what my body camera protocol is, that you turn it off when you There is an request, it's to turn it off. >> So they want you guys to leave? >> Yes, we are. >> Let's just leave. Let's just make it easy, okay? >> We're going to make it easy. That's not That's not >> I am okay. I'm her husband. >> That's not the point. Can you Can you look at me, sir? >> Yeah, look We'll talk over here, okay? >> Your protocol is >> Can we Can we all talk? Can we all talk? >> Talk over here. They want you to leave. >> Your protocol is >> to you. Can we Can we talk? Who is she to you? What's that? >> No, nothing. Nothing. >> She is our college friend. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> No, no I'm not. >> As Flanagan and Hannon argue, the officer goes to speak with the restaurant staff. >> You guys just want them to leave? Do you want them to trespass? Anything we can do? Trespass, yeah. I just need >> Trespass, got to know. >> Please. >> Okay. >> No, I'm not. No, I'm not. >> You want to chat? >> I know that your protocol is >> So you're trespassing, so we got to leave now. Unless you want to be an accessory >> We're not trespassing. You haven't notified us that we're trespassing. >> You know what I just said to you? It's trespassing. >> You're number one number one number two >> I don't want to arrest you guys. >> You're protocol You're not going to arrest us. Number two >> So, let's leave. We got to go. We got to go. >> Your protocol is if we don't turn off the body cam for one second >> I don't want to deal with this. I don't want to deal with this. Let's >> Okay. No, no. I understand you don't want to deal with it, but the protocol is and your protocol is if I ask you to turn off the body cam, you have to turn it off. And that's your protocol. >> Flanagan repeatedly tells officers that it is mandatory that they shut their body worn cameras off, claiming protocol requires that if a citizen requests it, officers must turn off their body cams. This is incorrect. The policy allows officers to turn off their cameras when speaking to a witness or a victim of a crime and does not allow for an officer to turn off their camera at the request of a suspect. The statewide body worn camera policy was adopted by the Rhode Island Attorney General's office in 2022, of which she was an employee. >> lawyer, so she knows. >> Well, that's lawyer stuff, so that's not true. So, we got to go. >> No, it is. That's that's law. >> I'm an AG. I'm an AG. >> Good for you. I don't We're going. >> It's Excuse me. >> We're leaving. >> I'm Please don't Please don't put your hands on us. >> Can you get your children out of here? Like, I don't know why they're >> I'm sorry, what? >> Let's go. Let's go. >> I'm an >> Let's go. Let's go. Come >> There's two full grown women and mothers >> All right. All right. ALL RIGHT. HEY. HEY. >> Don't don't do that to >> You're [laughter] just doing this to be >> Hey. Hey. I'm an AG. I'm an AG. What are you What What are you >> What's wrong with you? >> What are you probable cause to detain me for? >> You're being detained cuz you're not leaving. >> It's cuz I'm what? You have probable You have to >> You relax. Sir. Sir, she's not doing anything wrong. >> AG. >> She's not leaving. >> I'm an AG. >> She's an AG. But you're not She's not leaving. Let's go. >> I'm not being arrested. You're putting me in cuffs. I'm not being arrested. >> Do you have any weapons on you? >> No. I'm an AG. >> Her badge is in You're under arrest. Let me tell you something. You're under arrest. Get the hell out of here. Buddy, you're seriously under arrest. Let me tell you something. Are you under arrest right now? No. You're putting me in handcuffs and you're Mirandizing me. You're not Mirandizing me. Relax. Relax. Buddy, you're going to regret this. >> Yeah. >> You're going to regret it. I'm going to eat. >> With Flanagan handcuffed in the back of a squad car, officers now turn their attention to removing Hannan, the woman the original call was made for. >> No. Take your hands off me. >> We will get the license. >> Hands off me. >> Babe, we will get the license. >> She's going to No. >> No no. No no. No no. Get the hell out of here. Get out of here. Get back. Get back right now. You're being detained. >> No. No. I DON'T THINK SO. NO. >> Get back. Get cuffs. >> Yeah. I'm right here. I'm right here. It's okay. >> All right. Just go to the car. >> No. No. I'm right here. I'm right here. I'm right here. >> Get back. Come on, babe. >> NO. NO. >> ALL RIGHT. BABE, I'm right here. >> NO. BABE. PLEASE, I'M SCARED. >> I'M RIGHT HERE. >> PLEASE HELP ME. PLEASE help me. Please help me. No, I'm not going to let you put your hands on me. I'm asking you. >> I'm right here. >> No. >> Okay. >> No. Please don't do this, my friend. >> I'm right here. >> No. No. No. Babe. Babe. >> I'm right here. >> Babe. >> I'm right here. >> No. Babe. >> Relax. Relax. Relax. Relax. What's wrong with you? Relax. We don't want to put you in handcuffs. Let's go. Let's go. >> No. Babe, babe. >> Listen, you're making You're overreacting. >> You're adding charges. >> You're overreacting. >> No. Stop. Please take my handcuffs off. Please take my handcuffs off. No. Please take my >> You're overreacting. You didn't have to You didn't have to have this happen. In the car. >> NO. NO. NO. BABE, NO. >> I'VE GOT 2010. >> I'M RIGHT HERE. >> GET IN THE >> NO. >> JUST PUT HER IN. >> NO. >> GET BACK. GET BACK. >> BROOKE. >> GET BACK. >> IN THE CAR. GET IN THE CAR. >> NO. >> GET YOUR FEET IN THE CAR. >> I'M RIGHT HERE. >> NO. >> RELAX. >> [screaming] >> I'M RIGHT HERE. >> GET YOUR FEET IN THE CAR. >> NO. >> GET YOUR FEET IN THE [ __ ] CAR. >> DAD. >> BABE, I'M RIGHT HERE. >> NO. >> [screaming] >> BABE. BABE. NO. >> GET YOUR FEET IN THE CAR. >> WHO THE Don't touch me. >> In the car. You're going to jail. You're acting like A KID. >> DAD. >> BABE. BABE, I'M RIGHT >> DAD. >> I'M RIGHT HERE. >> NO. NO. THIS IS SO INAPPROPRIATE. YOU'RE YOU'RE OVERREACTING. BABE. [screaming] >> VERONICA HANNAN WAS charged with willful trespassing, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. She pled no contest to resisting arrest, and prosecutors dropped her two other charges. She's also been barred from returning to the Clark Cook House restaurant. The case was filed for 6 months, which means that the case can be dismissed if she stays out of trouble. Devon Flanagan, the Assistant Attorney General, was charged with willful trespassing, to which she pled no contest. She was barred from returning to the Clark Cook House, and her case was also filed for 6 months. Flanagan's boss, Acting Attorney General Peter Neronha, met with and apologized to the officers on behalf of his office and said Flanagan mistreated the Newport Police Department and embarrassed herself, the office, and frankly, me. She was placed on 6 months of unpaid leave. What do you think? Was this an abuse of power by the AG? Did the police overreact? Was Flanagan's punishment appropriate? Let us know what you think in the comments and thank you for watching this episode of Justice in America. Stay safe.