Graphic Novel 9
Chapter 9 Watertown: Under Color of Law
Chapter 9: DiscrepanciesBy August 2024, Mafhoum was formally instructing his peers at the WPD while simultaneously fighting a federal discrimination lawsuit against the MSP. In October 2024, a federal judge dismissed his suit due to an expired statute of limitations, rejecting his excuses that trauma "flashbacks" from an accident and failures by his former legal counsel caused the delay. By choosing to litigate pro se, Mafhoum inadvertently created a public repository of his own admissions, confirming on the legal record that his MSP termination was specifically due to covering up a cruiser accident. The chapter highlights a glaring contradiction: Mafhoum claimed in federal court that trauma left him too incapacitated to file paperwork, yet the WPD simultaneously deemed him mentally and physically fit to train new police recruits.
