In Newport, Rhode Island, police were called to Clarke Cooke House on Bannister’s Wharf after two women reportedly refused to leave.
One of them, Assistant Attorney General Devon Hogan (who now goes by her married name, Flanagan), wasn’t shy about letting officers know who she was.
She shouted: “I’m an AG! … You’re arresting me!” The cops responded by continuing with the arrest – shocking.
She went so far as to threaten them, saying they’d regret it because of her political position.
BREAKING: Democrat appointed Rhode Island Assistant Attorney General Devon (Hogan) Flanagan, ARRESTED and charged with trespassing after allegedly refusing to leave a restaurant pic.twitter.com/utSMmomd3l
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 15, 2025
Full bodycam footage released of Rhode Island Special Assistant AG Devon Flanagan and her friend being arrested for trespassing.
Flanagan was seen getting a police car door shut in her face after she and her friends mentioned about 20 times that she is an AG.
Flanagan is facing… pic.twitter.com/pO1DqAEkS7
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 18, 2025
Pepsi Exec’s Outburst Stuns Police
Flanagan wasn’t alone that night. With her was Veronica Hannan, a senior manager at PepsiCo who brags about being a “champion of diversity in STEM.”
Police say she resisted arrest, cursed at officers, and had a full-on meltdown in the back of the cruiser.
An officer told her, “You’re a grown adult, you’re acting like a kid. You’re overreacting.” She fired back, “YOU’RE overreacting!”
The whole scene was caught on camera, and it’s just as embarrassing as it sounds.
3/ Veronica Hannan, “champion of diversity in STEM” & friend of “I’M AN AG Devon Hogan Flanagan,” went bananas during arrest. She escaped cuffs, growled, hissed, kicked, screamed, “NOOOOO!”
All they had to do was leave.
Police: “What’s wrong w you? You’re acting like a kid!” pic.twitter.com/iWEHhlPln2
— Nicole Solas, Sued by the Teachers Union (@Nicoletta0602) August 18, 2025
Confidence in Justice System Sinks Even Lower
Some critics say this is just a local bar dust-up, nothing more.
But it’s not just about a couple of rowdy patrons.
It’s about bringing light to just how often elites act like the rules don’t apply to them.
Regular folks aren’t blind to the double standard. Gallup polls show confidence in the criminal justice system is at a rock-bottom 17 percent. Trust in big business isn’t much better.
Stories like this don’t just go viral because they’re dramatic; they go viral because they confirm what people already feel in their gut: the system has two sets of rules.
Echoes Here in Nevada
If this all feels familiar, it’s because Nevadans have seen plenty of the same attitude from political elites closer to home.
Election officials who refuse to clean up voter rolls, bureaucrats who ignore parents in schools, county commissioners wasting tax dollars on pet projects – the message is the same: rules for thee, but not for me.
And that double standard is exactly what frustrates voters.
Here and across the country, people are tired of being treated like second-class citizens while those with titles, connections, or corporate clout get a pass.
The Real Test Is What Happens Now
The Rhode Island Attorney General’s office has said it will “look into” what happened.
This is the same office that just announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration, so it’s hard to miss the irony.
This story is ultimately about the deeper problem of entitlement inside our institutions.
When a state attorney general believes her title makes her untouchable, and her friend from corporate America throws a tantrum like a child, it sends a clear message.
If the law isn’t applied equally to everyone, then justice is just a word, not a principle.
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