Renowned Global Activist and Republican Greshun De Bouse made history [again], and was granted a restraining order against Shreveport Mayoral Candidate Melvin Slack, in one of the longest protective order hearings of the First Judicial District Court. On September 1, 2022, Judge Brady O’Callaghan found and stated "There was proof of a dynamic in the relationship [between De Bouse and Slack] that leads me to believe that an issuance of a protective order is necessary for Ms. De Bouse's future protection." The hearing lasted an unprecedented five hours, "one of the longest protective order hearings" according to Judge O’Callaghan. On August 22, 2022, Renowned Global Activist Greshun De Bouse file a petition for a restraining order against Slack after he threatened her and her stepfather at a PACE mayoral forum held in Shreveport, LA. During the protective order hearing on September 1, 2022, Slack confirmed that the LSUS security officer asked him to leave the PACE event, after informing him that neither De Bouse nor her father wanted him around them.
De Bouse testified that it was LSUS security officer Maloof at the PACE event who suggested she file a restraining order, which she filed the next day on August 22, 2022. During the hearing, De Bouse presented text and phone record evidence that Slack called her at least 60 times between August 21 and 22, and texted her threats when she did not answer. Though De Bouse was granted a TRO against Slack on August 22, 2022 with an initial court date of September 20, 2022, the court date was moved to September 1, 2022 when Slack filed a frivilous retaliatory restraining order on August 23, 2022 with no legal merit. In her restraining order petition, De Bouse asserted Slack put her in a chokehold on August 9, 2022, stalked/harassed her with the 60 plus calls/texts, and made death threats against her and her family. At the hearing, De Bouse supported her assertions with a multitude of receipts, from call logs, to texts to a letter and multiple pictures from slack.. one text is Slack apologizing for putting De Bouse in a chokehold, saying he didn't mean to hurt her. These words are similar to Slack's repeated apology to De Bouse during the hearing. After Slack was presented with De Bouse's evidence of calls, texts, etc. against him, Slack asked to stop the preceeding and come to an agreement to have reciprocal restraining orders. However, De Bouse declined citing she has never pursued or bothered Slack, and a restraining order would give the false impression that she had. Concerning De Bouse's call/text receipts, Slack asserted he had deleted all conversations of "When you called or I called you I erased everything out of my phone." De Bouse raised the impactful question "So you erased all of the numbers and texts and everything relative to our communications out of your phone after getting a restraining order when you could potentially use that as evidence to support your case? Slack seemed flustered and unclear about when he supposedly deleted the conversations. Ultimately, Slack must remain at least 100 yards from De Bouse at all times, but may participate in mayoral forums where all candidates are participants. Judge O’Callaghan stated of De Bouse's evidence, "Enough of the communications [presented by De Bouse] were verified and confirmed by Mr. Slack that I don't believe the communications remained and were consistently appropriate and professional." Judge O'Callaghan went on to say
"I do think that the records [that De Bouse presented] and the testimony indicate that there was an inappropriate dynamic going on." Slack's non-legally-based retaliatory restraining order petition was not granted, wherein he alleged De Bouse stated she was his campaign manager but he never approved her to be. However, De Bouse produced a letter Slack texted her introducing her as his campaign manager, and Slack confirmed he wrote and texted the letter to De Bouse. De Bouse also produced a contract from August 2, 2022 she and Slack both signed for her to be campaign manager. Slack previously stated in the media that De Bouse sent him her resignation letter on August 21, 2022. However, De Bouse produced evidence in the hearing to prove she actually resigned and send Slack the resignation letter on August 11, 2022-two days after the chokehold incident. Slack admitting to having some type of psychological disability that could affect his memory when probed by the judge, so it is possible that he could have put De Bouse in a chokehold but not remember. However, De Bouse states he still owes her over $4,000 for campaign manager services renedered-including but not limited to website creation, QR code creation, domain name, campaign email and more. De Bouse stated during the hearing that Slack told her he gets checks, not a check, but checks at the beginning of the month and he typically blows his money but now can invest in the campaign. Slack was repeatedly argumentative with De Bouse and her father concerning lunches and dinners and who picked up the tab-something perhaps a man once in love, now scorned may argue about. Slack indicated that De Bouse and current mayor Adrian Perkins had or have a relationship after seeing a picture of the two online. Ultimately Activist De Bouse fought for her rights and came out successful. You may recall De Bouse has received recognition from dignitaries throughout the nation, and had to overcome voter suppression and more for being a Republican of Color. De Bouse is founder of many initiatives for disabled veterans, LGBTQ-namely National LGBTQ Veteran's Day (September 20), she created the first known active fuel stimulus LAFEES for the Fuel Emergency 2022, Props to a Cop or PTAC, and more. She made history as the only American of Color in Trump's VIP section at MAGA-Tupelo, MS 2019 and was honored with a procalmation the day prior from then Tupelo, MS mayor for Disabled Veteran's Day (June 30). De Bouse stated during the September 1 hearing, "I am already established in my own right for the work I do," and clearly she is right.
She says the local media and other entities intentionally defamed her during this protective order process, namely Kendrick Dante of the Shreveport times who "maliciously stated untruths concerning what was said at the September 1 hearing by Judge O’Callaghan. De Bouse says, "Judge O'Callaghan absolutely did not cast doubt upon my claims of receiving death threat texts from Slack while at the police department like the falsifier Kendrick Dante stated. In fact, pertaining to the communications I presented to the court as evidence against Slack, Judge O’Callaghan said 'Enough of the communications were verified and confirmed by Mr. Slack that I don't believe the communications remained and were consistently appropriate and professional."
De Bouse intends to seek legal remedy to the fullest extent.
Perhaps Activist De Bouse should run for office, that is if she has time with her busy schedule.