Police body cam footage shows a Special Assistant Attorney General in Rhode Island asking police in Newport to turn off their body cameras during an incident Thursday night.

The video shows a Newport police officer arriving at a restaurant on Banisters Wharf and confronting Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan.

Newport police say they were called to the area for a report of a customer refusing to leave.

The officer tells Flanagan and another woman they are trespassing, leading to a confrontation.

Flanagan refused to leave and was charged with trespassing. On her way to the police cruiser she says repeatedly, “I’m an AG, I’m an AG…”

A spokesperson for the Attorney General’s Office says Flanagan has been with the office for seven years.

She’s currently assigned to the Appe

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