Black Excellence: Dave Carlson
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/16/nx-s1-5598472/iraq-war-bond-recovery-veteran-deployment
The first I saw of Dave Carlson was his back, in a prison jumpsuit on Sept. 3, 2015. Carlson had been calling me from the cellblock payphone for a few weeks for an NPR story about incarcerated combat veterans and PTSD.
I just spoke to Dave Carlson last week, and he was at the courthouse again. He passed the bar, and he’s now a practicing attorney.