NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - Kenneth Polite took the oath as U.S. Attorney in the middle of a firestorm. An online commenting scandal involving former prosecutors had tainted the office, and Polite would oversee the first-ever corruption trial of a former New Orleans mayor. But challenges do not faze the 38-year-old New Orleans Native. In fact, he has defied obstacles all his life.
His life began in the Calliope Housing Development. His mother, Rosalind Ballansaw, took him on a tour of the old bricks.