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22 year-old Paul was sitting outside the CVS store where he works in Edgewater, FL, sitting on a bench waiting for a ride using the Lyft app. Edgewater Police Department Officer Daniel Rippeon observed Paul and concluded that he looked suspicious. No crime had been committed. No crime had been alleged by anyone to have been committed. Yet Paul was almost immediately seized and threatened with being tased and bitten by a police K9. He was taken to jail, despite the fact that Officer Rippeon was fully aware that Paul was a store employee waiting for a Lyft driver.
Prior video: CVS Employee Arrested Waiting on Bench for Lyft Driver (7 MINUTES after closing the store)
My prior Street Cop Training video: https://youtu.be/4vjCdHWAmps?si=Lx9dslW62ixnSoy1
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Details/report: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2025/06/03/cvs-employee-arrested-waiting-on-bench-for-lyft-driver-7-minutes-after-closing-the-store/
Edgewater Police Department: https://www.cityofedgewater.org/police
City of Edgewater, Florida: https://www.cityofedgewater.org
Ofc. Rippeon’s raw unedited bodycam: https://youtu.be/wPUA4KZhLOY?si=SLthbfgeO20c6YNq
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Prior video: CVS Employee Arrested Waiting on Bench for Lyft Driver (7 MINUTES after closing the store)
https://youtu.be/Y-ZbME4qfOI
My prior Street Cop Training video: https://youtu.be/4vjCdHWAmps?si=Lx9dslW62ixnSoy1
Paul’s GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/980d60b3
Details/report: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2025/06/03/cvs-employee-arrested-waiting-on-bench-for-lyft-driver-7-minutes-after-closing-the-store/
Edgewater Police Department: https://www.cityofedgewater.org/police
City of Edgewater, Florida: https://www.cityofedgewater.org
Ofc. Rippeon's raw unedited bodycam: https://youtu.be/wPUA4KZhLOY?si=SLthbfgeO20c6YNq
The cop is a cook…and the police depth needs extreme investigation…federally….
My thing is why did he get let go from his job if it was wrongful like and it’s all in the news I wouldn’t do that
I pray that he SUES ❗️
I just hope he did not lose his job….
EDIT: That is bad that's what is so wrong about this kind of thig. LOse your job have no money for fines, lost (I know uber/lyft is not cheap) that and still had to go to jail. He may not want that job back but I'm sure if this got the hire ups he could. Either way NO job can'y pay fines, warrants come. Glad it was dismissed but it runied that young man.
Wait a minute! Did CVS let Paul go? Why isn't he able to go back to CVS?
All expenses should come out of dooshbags cops bank account… Not taxpayers money.
Wow 👏 that's a big win (esp w/ the CrAzY LEO Laws & other changes Florida's been making). It's honestly our last line of defense & that line keeps narrowing daily.
One of the trainers made a remark that theres no reason to follow a semi truck and not pass them. Ive got one life saving tip for everyone out there. If its dark, rainy, foggy or otherwise hard to see, follow that semi truck. I grew up around a lot of deer, deer are good at running out in front of cars. If your following a semi truck he hits the deer first, and you receive 0 damage to your car or yourself. The results are about the same for the semi truck. Everyone but the deer wins.
I love my country but it shouldn’t take a YouTube channel and public outrage to fix situations like this a good kid lost 3 days of his freedom
People like this shouldn’t wear a badge.
People should picket CVS.
Why was the prosecutor so comfortable in destroying the boys life?
Those street trainings don't care about anyone they just want new people so they can get money From the trainngs.
You made history. I'm happy that there is an update and this police officer got fired from his attitude.
He lied about the young worker. I wouldn't that to happen to my son or daughter.
Good job sir.
They now have a new policy that makes it difficult to obtain their dashcam and bodycam. Good luck, everyone.
Karen Robocop😂
The idea that we give cops immunity in many cases is just awful.
Stupid Pig! “You’re not giving me your I.D.? Guess you’re going to jail.”
Stupid pigs
Rippeon is "gonna learn, unfortunately the hard way" that he can't violate people's rights.
Sct needa be raided by the actual feds😂
Not good enough, because it was an unlawful arrest he shold be charged for his threats and assault
Im suprised Edgewater didnt delete the body cam. These agencies are dirty as hell. This guy should be charged. Not just fired. UNACCEPTABLE
These good ol’ boys think they are entitled to their chaos and then see it as heroism. The root of it is that these type of people are deeply twisted up and corrupt inside.
Awesome.
I feel sorry for Under Armor for being so heavily represented at that conference
Great news! 👍
Cops need to learn how you talk to people. Have seen so many like this now. So getting very pissed now to see how stupid cops are
He will be rehired right away guaranteed.
I made a couple of calls.😒😒😒
The officer wasn't fired, he was separated from the department, so he could simply move to another department or another city. It's that simple.
Rippeon the psychopath's actions cost an innocent man his livelihood. Abusing civil rights does have ripple effects.
Why it that even with all the video evidence and lawsuits of officers blatantly violating people's rights and disregarding their duties to the communities they work in, that the taxpayers have not gotten better protections against these bad apple's financially destroying communities. Qualified immunity should not apply these cases where there is a blatant disregard for the community, imo.
That is A-MA-ZING news.
Per the video he is a K-9 unit and I saw another video that suggested that he still has the dog even though he was fired. If I was a citizen of Edgewater I would be pissed that the police department is just giving away vitall assets that we the citizens paid for. Also, having a trained police dog will make it easier for terrible cop to get hired at another law enforcement agency
That man must appreciate CRL. Sir, you are making a difference for these people who have had their lives impacted by the police.
Honestly CRL, you are doing really, really important and phenomenal work here. I don't feel like I need to say anything that hasn't already been said yet. But just want to thank you for the service you are providing to us US citizens. Thanks a lot.
Also, did that "street cop" admit to raping a woman? Let's dig into that.