When I first learned about my Legal Lens guest’s history, I knew we’d have a fantastic episode, and I was right!
Attorney Kawan Lovelace, a New York–based civil rights lawyer, brings his path from NYPD police officer and detective to Bronx prosecutor, before pivoting to challenge the systems he once served. A Queens native and 1996 Atlanta Olympics triple jumper, he shares how 9/11, his wife’s escape from Tower Two, a work injury, and fatherhood propelled him into policing, law school at nearly 40, and a reckoning with “changing the system from within” amid redlining, poverty, mental health gaps, and structural barriers hitting Black and Brown communities hardest.
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