Honestie Hodges

Honestie Hodges (November 9, 2006 – November 22, 2020) was an American teenager from Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1]

Biography

On December 6, 2017, at the age of 11, Honestie Hodges was handcuffed at gunpoint by the Grand Rapids Police Department while the police were searching for a suspect in a reported crime.[2] The body cam footage of her arrest gained US nationwide coverage and led to the Grand Rapids Police Department enacting a Youth Interactions Policy, nicknamed the "Honestie Policy", in March 2018.[2][3] The policy called for using minimally restrictive disciplinary and law-enforcement methods when interacting with children and youth.[4]

Hodges contracted COVID-19 on November 9, 2020, her 14th birthday, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan. She died from the virus on November 22, 2020, at the age of 14.[5]

References
  1. "Teenage girl whose handcuffing at 11 led to police reforms dies of Covid", The Independent, 2020-11-25, retrieved 2020-11-27
  2. "GRPD's 'Honestie policy' now on the books and in effect", wzzm13.com, 2018-03-27, retrieved 2020-11-27
  3. "Honestie Hodges, Whose Handcuffing Changed Police Policy, Is Dead at 14", New York Times, 2020-11-24, retrieved 2020-11-27
  4. "Girl with GRPD policy named after her dies of COVID-19, family says". WXMI. 2020-11-22. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  5. "Honestie Hodges, handcuffed in Michigan at 11, dies aged 14 of Covid", The Guardian, 2020-11-25, retrieved 2020-11-27
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