An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for a Dallas police officer on a charge of official oppression. The misdemeanor charge against Sgt. James Cullen Bristo, ...
An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for a Dallas police officer on a charge of official oppression.
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. Police declined to provide any additional information about the case, referring a reporter back to a five-sentence Facebook post announcing the warrant.Bristo is on administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation, police said. He was expected to turn himself in to authorities, but it was unclear whether he had done so.
Sgt. James Bristo sang the national anthem when the Texas and U.S. flags were raised for the first time at The Dallas Morning News' new headquarters in February 2018.“I can’t go into details, but today is turning out to be an exceptionally bad day,” he wrote. “There [is] some major stuff going on that I need direction [and] peace with. My heart is hurting.”In August 2020, he wasin Irving.
The case was dismissed in February 2021 after a judge found there was no reasonable suspicion for the traffic stop.. Jamie Landers is a breaking news reporter at The Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, where she studied journalism and political science. Jamie previously reported for The Arizona Republic and Arizona PBS.
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