{"id":2479405,"date":"2025-08-27T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rhode-island-assistant-ag-placed-on-unpaid-leave\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T09:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:44:16","slug":"rhode-island-assistant-ag-placed-on-unpaid-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rhode-island-assistant-ag-placed-on-unpaid-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhode Island assistant AG placed on unpaid leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frhode-island-assistant-ag-placed-on-unpaid-leave%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2479405&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Devon Hogan Flanagan, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >special assistant attorney general<\/a> in Rhode island, was placed on six months of unpaid leave following a viral video showing her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-cori-bush-praises-black-lives-matter-activist-who-called-for-death-of-cops\/\" title=\"Rep. Cori Bush Praises Black Lives Matter Activist Who Called For Death Of Cops\">berating police officers<\/a>. The incident occurred at clarke Cooke House in Newport, where Flanagan and a friend were asked to leave. In the video,she repeatedly shouted phrases like &#8220;I&#8217;m an AG&#8221; and &#8220;You&#8217;re going to regret this,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-protesters-target-wrong-congresswomans-event-get-tased-as-mtg-watches-and-audience-applauds\/\" title=\"...: Protesters Target Wrong Congresswoman...s Event, Get Tased as MTG Watches and Audience Applauds\">resisted police instructions<\/a>,and demanded an officer turn off his body camera. Flanagan was charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha reviewed the case and stated that Flanagan&#8217;s behavior embarrassed the police department and the Attorney General&#8217;s office. He hopes she uses this time to reflect and improve her conduct. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rhode Island assistant AG placed on unpaid leave<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2212931\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Devon Hogan Flanagan, a special assistant attorney general in Rhode Island who was caught on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ri-assistant-ag-who-told-police-youre-going-to-regret-this-placed-on-unpaid-leave\/\" title=\"RI assistant ..., who told police, \u2018you\u2019re going to regret this,\u2019 placed on ...\">video berating police officers<\/a> trying to remove her from a restaurant after she was asked to leave, has been placed on unpaid leave for six months.<\/p>\n<p>Flanagan was repeatedly heard shouting at police officers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3759873\/rhode-island-ag-drunk-assistant-attorney-general-arrest-footage-under-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;I&rsquo;m an AG&rdquo; and &ldquo;You&rsquo;re going to regret this,&rdquo; in a video clip <\/a>that has since gone viral. Flanagan and her friend, Veronica Hannan, were asked to leave Clarke Cooke House in Newport when officers arrived, and then the confrontation took place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3783843\/lawyers-seek-lengthy-prison-sentence-nadine-menendez-bribery\/\">Lawyers seek lengthy prison sentence for ex-senator&rsquo;s wife&rsquo;s role in bribery plots<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3783383\/dnc-speaker-dismisses-concerns-over-migrant-crime-carjackings-at-summer-meeting-not-a-top-concern-for-most-americans\/\">DNC speaker dismisses concerns over migrant crime, carjackings at summer meeting: &#8216;Not a top concern for most Americans&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3783289\/man-detained-flag-burning-incident-near-white-house-protest-trump-order\/\">Man detained in flag burning incident near White House to protest Trump order<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The video showed that police repeatedly asked Flanagan and Hannan to leave. However, Flanagan resisted those requests and demanded that the police officer turn off his bodycam.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want you to turn your bodycam off,&rdquo; Flanagan said. &ldquo;Protocol is that you turn it off. It&rsquo;s a citizen request that you turn it off.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s go. I don&rsquo;t want to arrest you guys,&rdquo; an officer said. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re not going to arrest us,&rdquo; Flanagan responded.<\/p>\n<p>Flanagan was charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest on Aug. 14, the date of the initial confrontation. As of Aug. 19, Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3410486\/20-states-suing-trump-funding-threats-immigration-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peter Neronha<\/a> said he was reviewing the details of the video.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, he made a decision: He met with Flanagan and informed her she was being placed on six months of unpaid leave.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3762417\/trump-blue-city-feud-national-guard-washington-dc-takeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RUMP REKINDLES BLUE CITY FEUD WITH NATIONAL GUARD TAKEOVER OF WASHINGTON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Flanagan mistreated the Newport Police Department and embarrassed herself, the Office, and frankly me,&rdquo; Neronha <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/rhode-island-assistant-ag-suspended-warning-officers-regret-arrest-rcna227358?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=NBC%20News&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAwXB2wqCMAAA0L%2FpLW%2BVSRBhUS1BwUtlvozNTV3ObWyS5EPf3jndOCqzs22Ba0EnYyGlLM5Eb2fed16NwKAnPjS45ozsb1NVdg5uk656Oqe4OIdh5r%2FeCs4kDYArfDNMICu%2FWfFSj6g9cUJY%2FnZQFZEVT1DzWAP3IrtlcD2WHxmmENEBcphHG5Cee3%2FLNjG6x4VXN%2B3ip2lDtWaihVjLyVC9v6CaYin7P3ELhg2zAAAA&amp;_branch_match_id=1488393321572630112\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I sincerely hope she takes this time to reflect on the seriousness of her conduct and makes corrective changes in her life,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;She has a long road ahead of her, but I believe that in the long run, our worst moments can inspire us to become better people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhode Island assistant AG put on 6-month unpaid leave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2479406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rhode-Island.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[61531,5045,33211,36648,62067],"class_list":["post-2479405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-assistant-attorney-general","tag-government","tag-legal-news","tag-rhode-island","tag-unpaid-leave"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rhode-Island.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2479405"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2479409,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479405\/revisions\/2479409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2479406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2479405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2479405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2479405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}