REESE DUNKLIN

Investigative reporter

Dunklin is a Dallas-based reporter on the AP’s Investigations team with experience covering a range of topics. He joined AP in 2015.

Florida family’s 911 call to help loved one ends in death after police breach safety protocols

When an Orlando-area man became violent while suffering paranoid delusions, his sister called 911 figuring police would take him for mental health help.

AP Investigation: In hundreds of deadly police encounters, officers broke multiple safety guidelines

An Associated Press investigation found that police across the U.S. violated well-known guidelines for safely restraining people in hundreds of fatal encounters that didn’t involve a firearm.

Takeaways: AP investigation reveals Black people bear disproportionate impact of police force

The Associated Press found that Black people make up a disproportionate number of those who died after being restrained, beaten or shocked with stun guns by police officers over a decade.

He didn’t trust police but sought their help anyway. Two days later, he was dead

Records show Jameek Lowery, a 27-year-old Black man from Paterson, New Jersey, died two days after he was restrained and repeatedly punched by officers.

Key findings from AP’s investigation into police force that isn’t supposed to be lethal

Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them.

Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn’t meant to kill?

Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them.

Takeaways: AP investigation of Catholic Church and US aid

When the coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy into freefall, the federal government hastily knit a safety net for small businesses called the Paycheck Protection Program.

AP: Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse cover-ups.

AP: Firms sell school ‘hardening’ as mass shooting solution

Security companies spent years pushing schools to buy more products — from “ballistic attack-resistant” doors to smoke cannons that spew haze from ceilings to confuse a shooter.

Agency: Texas chemical plant unprepared for Harvey floods

The federal agency that investigates industrial accidents is offering muted criticism of the Houston-area chemical plant that flooded during Hurricane Harvey and partially exploded.

Agency: Texas chemical plant unprepared for Hurricane Harvey

Federal investigators say they’ve seen no signs that a Houston-area chemical plant that flooded and partially exploded during Hurricane Harvey considered moving its highly unstable compounds offsite as a precaution.

Flames, smoke at Houston-area chemical plant for a 2nd day

Thick black smoke and towering orange flames shot up after two trailers of highly unstable compounds blew up at a flooded Houston-area chemical plant.

Experts not second-guessing decision not to evacuate Houston

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is standing by his decision not to order an evacuation before Harvey’s arrival.

Experts say decision on Houston evacuations was complicated

Houston’s mayor keeps facing questions about his decision not to order an evacuation of the notoriously flood-prone city ahead of Harvey’s arrival.

AP: Sex assaults in high school sports minimized as ‘hazing’

The Georgia school district said it was investigating the baseball players for “misbehavior” and “inappropriate physical contact.”

Hidden horror of school sex assaults revealed by AP

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — Chaz Wing was 12 when they came after him. The classmates who tormented him were children, too, entering the age of pimples and cracking voices.

Army report: Grenade found in room of Dallas gunman in 2014

An Army report says the reservist who killed five Dallas police officers had kept an unauthorized grenade in his room on an Afghanistan base in 2014.

Army report: Grenade found in room of Dallas gunman in 2014

An Army report says the reservist who killed five Dallas police officers had kept an unauthorized grenade in his room on an Afghanistan base in 2014.

Damage shown from blast that stopped police-killing sniper

A bomb delivered by a police robot that killed a sniper, ending a deadly ambush on Dallas police, caused severe damage to a community college hallway.

When Army career ended in disgrace, gunman was ostracized

Authorities have described the Dallas sniper as a loner. President Barack Obama called Micah Johnson “demented.”

Dallas gunman learned tactics at Texas self-defense school

The gunman who killed five police officers at a protest march had practiced military-style drills in his yard and trained at a private self-defense school that teaches special tactics.

Dallas gunman learned tactics at Texas self-defense school

The gunman who killed five police officers at a protest march had practiced military-style drills in his yard and trained at a private self-defense school that teaches special tactics.

Dallas sniper was loner; Army sent him home from Afghanistan

The Dallas sniper had been sent home from Afghanistan after being accused of sexually harassing a female, and was described as a loner who followed black militant groups on social media.

Dallas police killer was loner, followed black militants

The man who killed five Dallas police officers was described as a loner, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and a follower of black militant groups on social media.

Before ‘affluenza’ case, teen’s family tangled with the law

Long before Ethan Couch and his family became notorious for using an “affluenza” defense, they had multiple run-ins with the law.

At least 11 die from Texas tornadoes, 13 in Midwest flooding

GARLAND, Texas (AP) — At least 11 people died and dozens were injured in strong tornadoes that swept through the Dallas area and caused substantial damage this weekend, while 13 people died in flooding in the Midwest.

Armed ‘patriots’ turn protests toward Muslim Americans

DALLAS (AP) — They are known as “Three Percenters,” followers of a movement that has rallied against gun control efforts nationwide, patrolled the U.S. border with Mexico and recently begun confronting Muslim Americans.

Texas backs down from effort to block Syrian refugees

DALLAS (AP) — Texas stopped trying Friday to block Syrian refugees from resettling in the state after suing the U.S. government over fears that new arrivals from the war-torn country could pose a security risk.

A 50-state look at officer decertification for sex incidents

An Associated Press investigation into sexual misconduct by law enforcement officers in the U.S. identified some 1,000 in six years who lost their licenses for sexual assault or other sex offenses or misconduct, including possession of child pornography, voyeurism and sex on duty.