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Ch 17: Watertown's Kenneth Swift Violates Civil Rights
Chapter 17: Managing the SymptomEpisode OverviewIn this episode, we break down Chapter 17 of Watertown: Under Color of Law, titled “Managing the Symptom.” This chapter documents a frantic, multi-state sequence of events where legal and financial registries collided in real time. We trace how a rapid paper trail of discharged mortgages and cross-state filings exposed a systematic campaign of venue-shopping, and how municipal leadership chose to treat a public records archive as an institutional liability.Key Themes & Discussion Points* The Binary Conflict of Registries* We analyze a striking…
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