This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
Newly released police bodycam video shows an assistant attorney general in the state of Rhode Island berating an officer during her arrest last week, repeatedly saying "I'm an A.G." and "you're gonna regret this."
Police responded Thursday night just before 10 p.m. to a trespassing call for customers refusing to leave a business.
Despite numerous warnings, Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan Hogan refused to leave and was taken into custody, but not before she legally challenged the officer.
"We're not trespassing. You haven't notified us that we're trespassing," Flanagan said.
"What did I just say to you? You're trespassing … I don't want to arrest you guys," the officer responded.
"You're not gonna arrest us," Flanagan said before identifying herself numerous times as an attorney general.
"I'm an A.G. I'm an A.G.," she repeated.
"Good for you. I don't give a sh**," said the officer. "Let's go. We're going."
"What are your probable causes to detain me for?" the lawyer wondered.
"You're being detained because you're not leaving," was the officer's reply.
As she was put into the back of a cruiser, she told police: "You're gonna regret this. You're gonna regret it."
The police report indicates: "It should be noted that while booking Hogan, she was extremely uncooperative, berating officers, repeatedly stating her position as an AG and refusing to follow instructions. Hogan was eventually released with a District Court Summons."
WPRI-TV in Providence reports: "The R.I. Attorney General's Office told 12 News it's reviewing the incident, which is expected to take a few days. Though, the office declined further comment, citing personnel matters."
The story caught the attention of Gen. Mike Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump in his first term.
"This entitled attitude is exactly why my family and I left Rhode Island," Flynn noted. "She will receive no punishment."
Mrs. Flanagan Hogan works for anti-Trump Attorney General Peter Neronha, who Monday "co-led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit in Rhode Island against the Trump administration over the imposition of illegal conditions on more than $1 billion in congressionally-authorized funds for Victims of Crime Act grant recipients."
