By Didiong Adi + Adilah Adi
Originally Published November 21, 2023 · 1:23 PM E.T.
Updated July 21, 2024 · 1:23 PM E.T.
We dedicate our story to all the beloved, Black, communities waging war against white, colonial, capitalist-led displacement in Africa America, Gullah Geechee Coast, Ayiti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico, Cameroon, Cuba, Grenada, Biafra, Sudan, Somalia, South Africa, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, and Yemen.
May our communities be free, from the river to the sea.
1891
St. Louis, Osage Land
“Mrs. Cox was always very severe and exacting with my [mami], and on one occasion, when something did not suit her, she turned on [mami] like a fury, and declared, ‘I’m just tired out with the ‘white airs’ you put on, and if you don’t behave differently, I will make Mr. Cox sell you down the river at once.’
Although [mami] turned gray with fear, she presented a bold front and retorted that ‘she didn’t care, she was tired of that place, and didn’t like to live there, nohow.’ This so infuriated Mr. Cox that he cried, ‘How dare a [Black bitch] say what she liked or what she did not like; and he would show her what he should do.”
2023
Detroit, Anishinaabe Land
Aaron Daniel Cox (P69346) arrived almost an hour late to our first hearing at the 36th District Court’s General Civil (GC) Court division before David S. Robinson Jr. (P24413). Although the court clerk scheduled our Mar. 7, 2023 hearing on Feb. 10, 2023, Mr. Cox, like his clients Erica White and Banyan Properties (P.O. BOX 15096, Detroit, MI 48215), didn’t give a fuck about timeliness. In fact, Banyan Properties had (and has) a reputation for improper untimeliness in notifying us of their disgusting behaviors and improper service of their baseless Motions.
Mr. Cox was so late to the first GC Court hearing that Mr. Robinson did something unexpected and bizarre—he asked the court clerk for a phone, muted his mic, made a call, and waited. We sat in silence until Mr. Cox arrived, and then the hearing began. Cuz of Mr. Robinson’s facial expression and gestures on the phone, we believe he called Mr. Cox to ask ‘bout his whereabouts. And if he did do that, he had applied leniency in prejudice and favor to Mr. Cox, Ms. White, and Banyan Properties (2751 E Jefferson Ave Detroit, MI 48207).
Later, in future hearings, Mr. Robinson will refuse to apply leniency to us, pro-se, indigent litigants.
When Mr. Cox finally showed up on his merry white time and the hearing began, Mr. Robinson’s demeanor turned antagonistic towards us. His facial expressions, a glare and a frown, was a complete 360° turnaround from his facial expression while on the phone with—who we believe was— Mr. Cox. Mr. Robinson’s actions during the first and future hearings was unduly burdensome and a clear abuse of process.
Mr. Robinson unnecessarily raised his voice at us, wrongfully named us as the only plaintiffs in the case, and prematurely made a judgment that our lease had expired on Oct. 31, 2022. He also interrupted us, berated us, and gave us hella frivolous and baseless law advice.
Mind you, this was despite Mr. Robinson having the opportunity to review the Complaint and Amended Complaint. We had sent the photographic evidence to the 36th District Court around Jan. 10, 2023 and Feb. 7, 2023, respectively.
When Mr. Robinson finally let us speak, we politely explained to him that we wasn’t the only Plaintiffs. We was multiple Plaintiffs, our Lease at 1995 Atkinson St. didn’t expire on Oct. 31, 2022, and we’d filed an Amended Complaint on Feb. 7, 2023 with additional photographic evidence. We also explained that our case was about a retaliatory displacement.
Since Mr. Robinson had already spoken, we was now—according to court rules—owed a response. That was why we was explaining all the above. Unfortunately, Mr. Robinson decided the court rules didn’t apply to us after only listening to some of our explanations. Through his behavior, he communicated that we wasn’t owed time to respond after all.
Mr. Robinson repeatedly interrupted us, dismissed us, raised his voice unnecessarily, and gave unsolicited, baseless law advice.
Mr. Robinson showed his true colors in that first hearing (and future ones). He was (and is) proudly pro-white, pro-cis-het-patriarchy, and pro-corporate, capitalist, colonialist interests.
When Mr. Robinson was satisfied that he had successfully silenced us, he turned to Mr. Cox, smiling widely for the first time since the hearing began, and cheerfully asked him if he had anything to say.
Surprisingly, Mr. Cox confirmed that we’d been truthful. We’d truthfully filed an Amended Complaint (with additional photographic evidence), naming all present Plaintiffs at the Mar. 7, 2023 hearing. Mr. Cox also confirmed the Amended Complaints was in the GC Court’s possession and Mr. Cox’s possession.
After Mr. Cox’s confirmation of the facts, Mr. Robinson said nothing, and we said nothing. The room was silent. Then Mr. Robinson merrily carried on to the next agenda item, with no apologies or acknowledgment of misconduct.
1891
St. Louis, Osage Land
“So, on the day following, [Mr. Cox] took [mami] to an auction room on Main Street and sold her to the highest bidder, for five hundred and fifty dollars. Oh! God! The pity of it! ‘In the [so-called] home of the brave and the land of the free,’ in the sight of [the stars]—that symbol of freedom— sold away from her child, to satisfy the anger of a peevish [white] mistress!
[Mami] returned to the house to get her few belongings, and straining me to her breast, begged me to be a good girl, that she was going to run away, and would buy [my freedom] as soon as she could. With all the inborn faith of a child, I believed it most fondly, and when I heard that she had actually made her escape, three weeks after, my heart gave an exultant throb and cried, ‘[Black Ancestars] are good!”
2023
Detroit, Anishinaabe Land
The next agenda item was the Motion for Consolidation. We filed a complaint against Banyan Properties in GC Court on Jan. 10, 2023 for retaliatory displacement. On Jan. 24, 2023, Mr. Cox filed a retaliatory complaint in Landlord-Tenant (LT) Court to recover possession of the 1995 Atkinson St. property. This was the third time Banyan Properties had retaliated against us.
The first time was in 2022.
On Sep. 23, 2022, via emailed written notice, we exercised our rights to secure and enforce housing justice under the lease and Michigan (MC) Law (MCL 600.5720). We also reported a violation of the safety codes and ordinances (MCL 600.5720), negotiated a new lease (MCL 440.1203), and notified Ms. White of the intent to repair and deduct rent (MCL 125.534[5]).
The city government of Detroit had given Banyan Properties at least $27 Million and $10 Million in tax payer funds to redevelop buildings and homes the city government had previously foreclosed (sometimes illegally). The city government of Detroit’s illegal foreclosures and evictions had contributed to (and is contributing to) the current housing displacement crisis across Detroit.
Praying for the elevation of the Ancestral souls of Black folk in Motown.
May they rest and rise in power. May they receive their justice. May their descendants be free.
Ashe-o.
While many Black Detroit small business was forced to close their stores cuz the U.S government denied their PPP loan application, white corporations like Banyan Properties received hundreds of thousands of dollars in PPP loans. Banyan Properties also received over $60,000 in rent from us over a span of 4 years while having only paid $3,000 to purchase the home initially and while being delinquent on their property taxes.
So, Banyan Properties had more than enough money to renovate the 1995 Atkinson St. property or to allow us to repair and deduct rent.
On Oct. 31, 2022, Banyan Properties and Ms. White failed to:
- Respond to our notice,
- Provide a new annual contract,
- Give written notice of changes to the terms of tenancy, or
- Begin a Complaint to Recover Possession of Property (*through displacement).
We expected Banyan Properties to give us notice of any changes to the lease or give us a new lease by Oct. 31st every year, per the agreement since 2017. We also expected a proper and timely notice of an eviction-displacement lawsuit.
Section 28 of the Lease states: “HOLDING OVER—If TENANT(S) retain possession thereafter [the expiration date of the lease], and if [eviction lawsuit] is not begun within that time, the tenancy shall continue from the date the lease expires,[…], and all other covenants of the lease shall remain in full force and effect.”
So, when Banyan Properties and Ms. White was M.I.A. on Oct. 31, 2022, we assumed they was improperly providing an untimely new annual contract yet again. Cuz, on Dec. 7, 2021, over a month later than usual, was when Ms. White sent over a new annual contract. Banyan Properties sending us such an untimely new annual contract caused duress.
Banyan Properties then coerced us into an ambiguous contract that created new assumptions about Banyan Properties. Following that, Banyan Properties affirmed us in our new assumptions, when, on Nov. 4, 2022, Banyan Properties accepted the normal $1,275.00 rent without the 20% increase for holdover Tenants.
To make matters more affirming of our assumptions and confusing when looking back, on Nov. 18, 2022, Ms. White and Banyan Properties approved Nnennaya Amuchie (@decolonialchi & @decolonialigbo) as a new Tenant.
So, it was shocking, confusing, improper, and untimely when, on Nov. 30, 2022, 67 days from Sep. 23, 2022, Banyan Properties named De’Von and us as legitimate Tenants who Banyan Properties had retaliated against. Ms. White, (erica.white@banyandirect.com) stated, “Good Afternoon, the current lease is month-to-month, as of 10/31/22 for [Didiong] and De’Von. They are leaseholders who have access to the Tenant portal. Thank you.”
Ms. White had given us an improper and untimely notification that the day of Banyan Property’s first retaliation was Oct. 31, 2022, while De’Von and us was still Tenants on an annual lease.
On Dec. 5, 2022, we contacted Ms. White and Banyan Properties again.
Then, we again exercised our rights to secure and enforce housing justice under the lease and MC Law. We also again reported Banyan Property’s violation of the safety codes and ordinances, and notified Ms. White and Banyan Properties of our intent to repair and deduct rent.
Seven days later, on Dec. 12, 2022, Banyan Properties sent us an improper and untimely 28-day Notice to Quit via standard mail instead of first class mail. This was another retaliation. In their 28-day Notice, they demanded we vacate the 1995 Atkinson St. Property by Jan. 10, 2023.
Didiong Soulutions acronym was formerly DDSOS and is now DSOULUS.
So, when Mr. Cox filed a retaliatory Complaint to Recover Possession of Property in Landlord-Tenant Court on Jan. 24, 2023, that was the third time Banyan Properties had retaliated against us.
Since the cases in LT Court and GC Court stem from the same facts, laws, and issues of retaliation, and our case predates Banyan Property’s case, we filed a Motion for Consolidation of the two cases on Feb. 7, 2023. Then, on Feb. 23, 2023, Mr. Cox filed a Motion for Summary Disposition in LT Court alleging we filed identical claims in separate courts (which is barred by res judicata).
However, in the Mar. 7, 2023 hearing at GC Court, Mr. Cox was singing a different tune. Mr. Cox fraudulently argued against our Motion for Consolidation, alleging we filed separate claims in separate courts.
Although, in our Motion, we offered evidence and presented a strong case backed by multiple state laws, court rules, and judicial rulings, unfortunately neither Mr. Robinson nor Mr. Cox cared (and care) about the truth, state laws, judicial rulings, court rules, or justice. They only care about protecting anti-black racism, patriarchy, colonialism, and capitalism. Cuz of Mr. Robinson’s prejudice and misogynoir, after Mr. Cox’s fraudulent response Motion and fraudulent arguments in opposition to our Motion, Mr. Robinson denied our Motion for Consolidation. And when we filed a Motion for Reconsideration on Mar. 28, 2023, Mr. Robinson also denied that Motion.
Later, in a truly depraved show of misconduct, Mr. Cox filed a Motion for Summary Disposition in GC Court citing identical claims in different courts (which is barred by res judicata) as grounds for dismissal with prejudice. Not only was Mr. Cox’s later filings a contradiction of earlier filings, they was an admission of fraud. Fraud against the court is misconduct. Any lawyer or judge who engages in misconduct should be disbarred, accordingly.
Fraud was not Mr. Cox’s only misconduct. In Billman v State Deposit 86 Md. App 1, 585 A.2d 238 (1991), the courts held that “[parties] are estopped from arguing res judicata when it directly contradicts their position in opposition to [the other parties’] Motion for Consolidation. So, knowingly or unknowingly participating in contradictory arguments is also misconduct.
The courts in Kramer v Globe Brewing Co., 175 Md. 461, 469, 2 A.2d 634 (1938), similarly stated that if litigants in courts was permitted to assume inconsistent positions in the trial of their causes, the usefulness of the courts would be challenged. But the rights of [litigants], honest and dishonest, are in keeping of the courts, so consistency of proceedings is required for all who [participate]. This is the judicial estoppel doctrine.
The judicial estoppel is a court doctrine that serves to prevent litigants from asserting inconsistent positions by changing their legal positions to suit the exigencies of the moment. This means this doctrine is supposed to prevent a party from prevailing in one phase of a case on an argument and then relying on a contradictory argument to prevail in another phase of the case. See Spohn v Van Dyke Pub Sch, 296 Mich App 470, 479 822 NW2d 239 (2012) for reference.
In Paschke v Retool Indus, 445 Mich 502, 509 519 NW2d 441(1994), the courts affirmed that, “A party that successfully asserts a position in a prior proceeding is estopped from asserting an inconsistent position in subsequent proceedings.”
The courts have also routinely charged litigants with the “Duty of Consistency” doctrine. The “Duty of Consistency” is another doctrine that is supposed to prevent litigants from taking contradictory positions in a hearing. See Union Carbide Corp. v United States, 612 F.2d 558, 56. 222 Ct. Cl. 75 (1979); Beltzer v United States, 495 F. 2d 211 (8th Cir. 1974); Joplin Bros. Mobile Homes Inc v United States, 524 F. Supp. 800, 803 (W.D. Mo 1981) for reference.
Although Mr. Robinson denied our Motion for Consolidation at the Mar. 7, 2023 hearing, he started the First Discovery process, and we had 28 days to file First Discovery requests. The next day, on Mar. 8, 2023, across the sea, ADF soldiers killed at least 36 Black people and displaced hundreds more in Mukondi village on the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Praying for the elevation of the Ancestral souls of Black folk in Congo.
May they rest and rise in power. May they receive their justice. May their descendants be free.
Ashe-o.
The next day, on Mar. 8, 2023, as ADF’s genocidal, state-corporate violence was unfolding across the seas, we was also experiencing another form of state-corporate violence. We was being forced to litigate for ourselves in a circus court.
Cuz:
- We was indigent folk,
- The civil lawsuit involved housing rights, which is a public issue, and
- The court rules was challenging to understand for folk like us
The courts should’ve provided legal counsel to us. Instead, they refused to provide legal counsel to us and so we was forced to start working on our discovery requests primarily on our own.
While we was working on our First Discovery requests in GC Court and should’ve been preparing more LT Court documents, we didn’t fully know that a betrayer was surveilling and plotting against De’Von and us. Nnennaya Amuchie—a self-centered, arrogant, egotist, antagonist, abuser—was surveilling us and plotting on how to sabotage our case.
Mx. Amuchie presented themselves as a friend, a comrade, a justice-seeker, a truth-teller, a survivor of Okechukwu Ukah and Je’Kendria Trehan’s abuse, a radical, a maroon, a hoodoo, an odinala, a Black feminist, an abolitionist, an idibia, and a communalist.
Nnennaya Amuchie is none of these things.
Unfortunately, we didn’t fully know about Mx. Amuchie. We had to learn of their ways through the abusive litigation and entrapment processes.
Just so we’re clear, we still believe Okechukwu Ukah is an abuser, and Je’Kendria Trehan is an abuse-enabler. We repeat, neither Okechukwu Ukah nor Je’Kendria Trehan are Black Feminists. What we now additionally believe is that Nnennaya Amuchie is not a survivor of their abuse and abuse-enablism.
We now believe Nnennaya Amuchie was (and is) a co-abuser and co-abuse-enabler in collaboration with Okechukwu Ukah, Je’Kendria Trehan, and their clique of high-profile, celebrity activist, New Age Spiritualist, Movement ™ elites.
While we prepared the court documents, Nnennaya Amuchie used similar (and worse) tactics as Mr. Robinson against us. Mx. Amuchie unnecessarily raised their voice at us, interrupted us, berated us, dismissed us, and gave us hella frivolous and baseless law advice. To make matters worse, Mx. Amuchie micromanaged us, was extremely condescending to us, questioned our intelligence, used spiritual technologies against us, harassed us, overwhelmed us, and overextended our capacities in abusive entrapment processes. Nnennaya Amuchie drained us in a very sinister, parasitic way. We was psychologically abused by this person.
At times when, through the courts’ rejections of filings or disruptions of court procedures, we learned that Mx. Amuchie was incorrect, and we was correct, Mx. Amuchie showed no remorse. They gave a bare-minimum apology and used fraudulent, misrepresented book divinations to spiritually bypass and dominate. Although they would pretend to change their behavior the first few days, they ultimately never consistently changed their behavior.
Mx. Amuchie is an extremely authoritarian person. They mask their authoritarianism as “radical”, but they not radical nor of the root. They a petite-bougie phony.
Looking back, Adilah and EYE now see more clearly that Mx. Amuchie hated and despised the reality that we was (and are) low-profile, low-income, dark-brown-skinned, Black bitches who was (and is) intelligent, principled, and independent.
Mx. Amuchie hated the reality that with no college degree or funding from their clique of Movement ™ elites, we had carried out—in collaboration with our loved ones like De’Von—successful, grassroots, housing justice organizing from 2020 to 2022.
Mx. Amuchie hated that we was more wise, more strategic, and more principled than them, a high-profile, high-income, light-skinned with a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and a law degree.
Although we practiced assertive communication in the first hearing, cuz Mx. Amuchie was (and is) a hater, they appointed themselves as speaker in future hearings. Allowing Mx. Amuchie to be speaker was a catastrophic idea with disastrous consequences.
Cuz of Mx. Amuchie’s arrogance and unpreparedness, they got into explosive altercations during our hearings. They screamed so loud in one hearing that the court clerk removed them mid-sentence. We had to then speak directly to the Judge, Shawn K. Jacque (P47998), and close out the hearing as amicably as possible cuz we was wary of unduly burdensome court sanctions.
We could’ve avoided the unnecessary explosive altercations if Mx. Amuchie listened to our advice. We suggested practicing before hearings. No matter who anyone is, everyone needs to practice. Reviewing rules, laws, and rulings we cite in court can only help (not hurt) our oral arguments.
Unfortunately for us, Mx. Amuchie didn’t want to help our case. Mx. Amuchie is a hater who wants to dominate vulnerable, Black folk, and who overestimates themselves cuz of their overblown ego, conventional attractiveness, light-skinnedness, high income, and high-profile connections.
So, Mx. Amuchie refused to listen to us, to practice with us, and to give us time to practice by ourselves. They was consistently dismissive of and condescending towards our sensible advice.
Then, during almost all the hearings, Mx. Amuchie was fumbling. They couldn’t assertively communicate the relevant court rules, state laws, or judicial rulings. Instead, they relied on throwing horrific tantrums.
after self appointing themselves as speaker.
We excused Mx. Amuchie’s alarming behavior cuz we believed they was a survivor of abuse from Okechukwu Ukah and Je’Kendria Trehan. We believed Mx. Amuchie’s outbursts and aggressive communication styles was part of their trauma response. We believed the betrayals from long-term friends caused such disillusionment that Mx. Amuchie had difficulty trusting our expertise.
We believed they was also unpacking the trauma of punishment for speaking out about red flags. We believed unpacking that trauma now made them more passionate, outspoken, and aggressive about reclaiming their power. We also believed since they had only been in unhealthy relationships, they wasn’t aware of how to have healthy conflict and needed time to educate themselves about healthy conflict resolution skills.
Although we had many moments of assertive disagreement with Mx. Amuchie, those moments was not enough. We excused too many harmful behaviors, we showed too much empathy, we disregarded too many intuitions, and we ignored too much warnings from our Black Ancestars.
Then, the latest abusive entrapment process that brought more revelations happened and Adilah and EYE had seen enough.
1891
St. Louis, Osage Land
“A large reward was offered, the bloodhounds (curse them and curse their [white] masters) were set loose on her trail. In the day time she hid in caves and the surrounding woods, and in the night time, guided by the wondrous North Star, that blessed lodestone of [enslaved Black] people, [mami] finally reached Chicago, where she was arrested by the [Black-fugitive] catchers. At this time the Fugitive Slave Law was in full operation, and it was against the law of the whole country to aid an escaped [Black] slave; not even a drink of water, for the love of [whiteness]. And those who dared to do it (and there were many such brave hearts, thank the [Black Ancestars]!) placed their lives in danger.
The presence of bloodhounds and ‘[Black-fugitive] catchers in their midst, scandalized the community. Feeling ran high and hundreds of people gathered together and declared that [mami] should not be returned to slavery; but fearing that Mr. Cox would wreak his vengeance upon me, [mami] finally gave herself up to her captors, and returned to St. Louis. And so the [Mamis] of [Blackness] have been ever slain through their deepest affections!”
2023
Detroit, Anishinaabe Land
Mr. Cox lied in GC Court again. The first time, he lied that the cases in GC Court and LT Court stemmed from different issues, so Mr. Robinson shouldn’t consolidate the cases. This time around, at a Jun. 27, 2023 hearing, he lied again. He said he had sent his discovery requests on Mar. 7, 2023. The court register of action, USPS records, and our records disagree.
According to the evidence in court and our records, Mr. Cox sent his discovery requests on the week of Apr. 4, 2023.
We responded on May 1, 2023. Mr. Cox filed a Motion to Compel Discovery on May 10, 2023. The court clerk scheduled a hearing for Mr. Cox’s Motion for May 30, 2023. Then, at the May 30, 2023 hearing, Mr. Robinson ordered us to produce more evidence, even though the evidence was already on record.
On Jun. 26, 2023, we filed another answer to Mr. Cox’s First Discovery requests with all the evidence we had already submitted in the Amended Complaint. After receiving the second set of documents, Mr. Cox sent a Motion Deeming Facts Admitted, fraudulently claiming that we had responded late. Mr. Robinson approved Mr. Cox’s Motion even though we had photographic evidence to prove our claims. We filed a Motion to Withdraw Deemed Admissions on Jul. 5, 2023.
At the hearing for our Motion, on Jul. 25, 2023, Mr. Cox argued that proof of service didn’t apply to him, so he didn’t have to offer photographic evidence to refute our photographic evidence that he sent the First Discovery Requests on Apr. 4, 2023. He said his opinion was enough. Mr. Robinson agreed with Mr. Cox, refused to apply leniency to us, and denied our Motion to Withdraw Deemed Admissions.
On Jul. 27, 2023, the U.S State Department, ordered non-emergency government personnel and and family members to exit Haiti as soon as possible, citing “civil unrest.” This civil unrest has been orchestrated by capitalist-colonialist policies of western federal, state, and local governments.
Praying for the elevation of the Ancestral souls of Black folk in Haiti.
May they rest and rise in power. May they receive their justice. May their descendants be free.
Ashe-o.
In Detroit, De’Von and us was stuck in another form of civil unrest created by the corporate-state. This mess of civil unrest would’ve been avoided if we wasn’t tangled in multiple abusive entrapment processes manufactured by Nnennaya Amuchie.
Mx. Amuchie overextended our limited capacities. Instead of focusing on our housing, which should’ve been our primary focus, Mx. Amuchie roped us into several processes involving their ex primary sexual-romantic partner, Okechukwu Ukah (the abuser), Je’Kendria Trehan (the abuse enabler), Hess Love (another abuse enabler), Trans Law Center, Ngozi Alston (a harasser), Michael Amuchie (another abuser), and the relocation of their new primary sexual-romantic partner, Desigo Goul, from Metro Atlanta to Detroit (the latest entrapment process).
We communicated to Mx. Amuchie about our limited capacities, but Mx. Amuchie spiritually bypassed our concerns. They said cuz we was Ancient Spirits connected to The Source, and so The Source would protect us from the harms of navigating multiple abusive, high-profile processes.
That was absolutely false.
We is spiritual beings in a material body. And even if we was spiritual beings in a spiritual body—even spirits have they limits.
We communicated this to Mx. Amuchie, but they dismissed our concerns.
Mind you, we been practicing hoodoos since Dec. 2020. Nnennaya Amuchie only got hip to hoodoo in Apr. 2022, but cuz of their overblown ego, their conventional attractiveness, light-skinnedness, and high income, they assumed they knew more about Black spirituality than we.
In fact, our Black Ancestars (peace, blessings, and elevations to ndem!), through our book divinations, warned us of moving Mx. Desigo, Mx. Amuchie’s new, primary, sexual-romantic partner, from Metro Atlanta to Detroit.
Despite that warning, Mx. Amuchie dismissed our expertise as diviners with years of experience prior to them. Mx. Amuchie also dismissed our Black Ancestar’s wisdom, saying our Black Ancestars didn’t know Mx. Amuchie’s partner, Mx. Desigo, like Mx. Amuchie and their dead do.
And cuz of that so-called “familiarity”, Mx. Amuchie prioritized their book divinations (received in a frivolous, unorganized way) over our book divinations (received in a careful, organized way).
The devaluation of our book divinations was a repeat of 2022. In Apr. 2022, after the high-profile revelation that Nnennaya Amuchie’s primary, sexual-romantic, nesting partner Okechukwu Ukah was an abuser (and rapist), Nnennaya Amuchie weaponized their so-called survivorship against De’Von and us. They made it seem like the DC organizing community had abandoned them and they had no one left except De’Von and us, so had to move in with us as soon as possible.
When we did book divination on the move, our Ancestars advised us to pause, structure our practice, maintain balance, have some distance, and focus on being grounded. When Mx. Amuchie did card divination, their cards said, “Celebration,” “Self Mastery,” and “Success.” Even though we had been practicing divination for years prior to Mx. Amuchie, Mx. Amuchie disregarded our divination and coerced a quick relocation into our home.
We’re still recovering from the devastating consequences of Mx. Amuchie imposing their timeline on us and moving into our home when they wasn’t supposed to.
Nnennaya Amuchie also weaponized their so-called survivorship against us when they made it seem like sex was a necessary part of their healing as a survivor of Okechukwu Ukah’s abuse. They hinted, through passive-aggressive actions, sob stories, and reverse psychology, that the lack of sex for almost a year since Okechukwu Ukah’s call-out was negatively affecting them.
Mx. Amuchie hinted about the possibility of engaging in sexual activity with either De’Von and us or Desigo Goul, their primary sexual-romantic partner in Metro Atlanta. Mind you, this was after we had already overextended ourselves beyond reason to provide mental, emotional, and spiritual care to Mx. Amuchie. They now wanted sexual care in addition to that.
So, through coercion, fraud, and duress (similar to the tactics of Banyan Properties, Ms. White, and Mr. Cox), De’Von and us drove to Georgia as part of the latest entrapment process. If we was in Detroit, we would’ve provided LT Court with the additional documents they needed, asked for legal aid, practiced for the court hearing, and been better prepared to respond to Mr. Cox, etc.
Instead of being better prepared for our court litigation, De’Von and us was providing care to Nnennaya Amuchie, Desigo Goul, Mx. Amuchie’s cat, and Ngozi Alston (the harasser) while receiving escalated attacks, harm, harassment, and assaults from Je’Kendria Trehan, the police Je’Kendria Trehan called on us, Ngozi Alston, Mx. Amuchie, Mr. Cox, and the courts.
It was during our time in Georgia in Apr. 2023 that Mr. Shawn, in LT Court, granted Summary Disposition in favor of Banyan Properties and against us. Mr. Shawn’s Apr. 25, 2023 Judgment sealed the deal on our displacement. We was now at high risk of homelessness in 10 days and unable to rent at most places. 10 days prior to the Judgment, on Apr. 15, 2023, a new and escalated displacement crises had erupted in Sudan cuz of an unfolding civil war.
Praying for the elevation of the Ancestral souls of Black folk in Sudan.
May they rest and rise in power. May they receive their justice. May their descendants be free.
Ashe-o.
As usual, and on brand, when we learned that Mx. Amuchie was incorrect about making the trip to Georgia in Apr. 2023 and about us getting a new home in Detroit cuz of the trip to Georgia, Mx. Amuchie showed no remorse. They used more fraudulent and misinterpreted book divinations to bypass, and they never consistently changed their actions. They continued to push for their sexual-romantic partner, Desigo Goul, to move to Detroit with us as soon as possible.
Infinity Song “Hater’s Anthem”
Well….good riddance to trash, we guess?
1891
St. Louis, Osage Land
“After [mami’s] return, she decided to sue for her freedom, and for that purpose employed a good lawyer. She had ample testimony to prove that she was kidnapped, and it was so fully verified that the jury decided that she was a free woman, and papers were made out accordingly.”
2023
Detroit, Anishinaabe Land
We need a Black lawyer who can provide limited-scope representation, a Black realtor, and a Black psych doctor. We made similar asks on Jun. 19, 2023 and our ask is still relevant today on Nov. 21, 2023 five months later.
We have ample evidence to support our case, so with professional aid, we can find a resolution to this year-long nightmare.
Although we no longer live at 1995 Atkinson St., we’re appealing the LT Court and GC Court rulings in Appellate Court cuz we still deserve equitable relief, despite displacement. On Oct. 5, 2023, in GC Court, Mr. Robinson granted Banyan Property’s Motion for Summary Disposition, agreeing that our claims were barred by res judicata. On Oct. 7, 2023, the Palestinian resistance carried out Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. They attacked IOF, a genocidal army that had been illegally mass killing and displacing them since the 1948 Nakba. In retaliation, IOF has now massively escalated their genocidal operations in the region.
Praying for the elevation of the Ancestral souls of Black folk in Palestine.
May they rest and rise in power. May they receive their justice. May their descendants be free.
Ashe-o.
We need a lawyer for the appeals and any future litigations cuz it will be difficult to litigate without one. We’re up against affluent, corrupt, abusers with a wealth of knowledge of court rules, state laws, and judicial rulings.
We also need a realtor.
We need a realtor cuz one of our only options is renting with private/family landlords who are against illegal displacements and can work with tenants who are survivors of that. The other option is securing funding and a home through the city of Detroit or public housing. A realtor will know how to navigate these processes.
We also need a psych doctor cuz the year-long abusive interpersonal process, litigation process, entrapment process, and displacement process have taken a toll on our mental health. We feel like the abuse has displaced our mind from our body.
We need a lawyer, realtor, and psych doctor in alignment with our principles of truth, justice, freedom, equity, abolition, and communalism. We need a lawyer, realtor, and psych doctor with emotional intelligence and empathy.
One of the lessons we’ve learned from our experience with Mr. Cox, Ms. White, Mx. Amuchie, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Shawn is that having a professional degree and professional experience is one thing, and having ethics, morals, principles, and values is another thing. Most times, people who lack ethics, principles, morals, and values can make a situation worse for survivors, despite having professional degrees or training. So this is why we want to work with people in alignment with us.
While searching for a Black lawyer, Black realtor, and Black psych doctor in alignment, We’re still creating Motions, Briefs, Responses, Notices, and other court documents. We’re also visiting local law libraries to carry out research, continuing our subscription with Courtroom 5 to learn about courtroom procedures, and participating in an affordable lawyer consultation program through LegalShield.
Additionally, we’re:
- Self medicating (thank you music medicine, twerking, African dance, Black American dance, meditation, prayer, rootwork, herbalism, local Black farmers, CBD and St. John’s Wort!),
- Working at living-waged jobs and applying to more living-waged jobs,
- Meeting with housing case workers from Detroit Housing Services,
- Attending housing justice community forums,
- and attending college to learn IT programming.
Cuz of all the above, we’re receiving donations via CashApp ($DSOULUS) and Venmo (@DSOULUS), and we’re accepting bookings for services. We pray for blessings to whoever donates or books. May you receive what you sent us x2, x3, + x4.
Be on the lookout for De’Von’s story whenever they are ready and have capacity to share. De’Von will go into more detail about Nnennaya Amuchie’s abuse and how that abuse negatively affected De’Von. Also, be on the lookout for Adilah and I’s future essays on why abolition, decolonization, communalism, restitution, and reparations should be central solutions to the white, colonial, capitalist-led displacement of Black communities across our world.
Didiong Soulutions 