A Dallas police officer charged with official oppression is out on bond after turning himself in earlier this week.
According to a report by The Dallas Morning News, the misdemeanor charge against Sgt. James Cullen Bristo, 59, stems from an incident in August. Official oppression involves accusations that a public servant has used his office to mistreat someone or deny them their rights.
According to a warrant issued for Bristo, a man who had been arrested in Deep Ellum was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital for treatment and was handcuffed to a stretcher and had his legs zip-tied when was first strangled and then placed in a chokehold by Bristo.
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According to the warrant, witnesses demonstrated the type of chokehold used for FBI agents investigating which was deemed to be the Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint (LVNR), a type of restraint that "can only be used by Dallas police officers when deadly force is necessary."
Bristo is on administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation, police said. He turned himself in to the DeSoto Police Department Wednesday and is out on bond.
