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'''Honestie Hodges''' (November 9, 2006 – November 22, 2020) was an [[African-American]] teenager from [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]].<ref name='independentcouk'>{{Citation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/honestie-hodges-michigan-death-b1761856.html |title=Teenage girl whose handcuffing at 11 led to police reforms dies of Covid |work=The Independent |date=2020-11-25 |access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref>
'''Honestie Hodges''' (November 9, 2006 – November 22, 2020) was an [[African-American]] teenager from [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]].<ref name='independentcouk'>{{Citation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/honestie-hodges-michigan-death-b1761856.html |title=Teenage girl whose handcuffing at 11 led to police reforms dies of Covid |work=The Independent |date=2020-11-25 |access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref>
==Biography==
==Biography==
On December 6, 2017 at the age of 11, Honestie Hodges was handcuffed at gunpoint by the [[Grand Rapids Police Department]] while they were searching for a murder suspect.<ref name='honestie-policy'>{{Citation |url=https://www.wzzm13.com/article/sports/grpds-honestie-policy-now-on-the-books-and-in-effect/69-532518692 |title=GRPD's 'Honestie policy' now on the books and in effect |date=2018-03-27 |website=wzzm13.com |access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref> The body cam footage of her arrest gained nationwide coverage and led to the Grand Rapids Police Department enacting a Youth Interactions Policy, nicknamed the "Honestie Policy", in March 2018.<ref name='honestie-policy'></ref><ref name='nytimes'>{{Citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/obituaries/honestie-hodges-dead-coronavirus.html |title=Honestie Hodges, Whose Handcuffing Changed Police Policy, Is Dead at 14 |work=New York Times |date=2020-11-24 |access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref> The policy called for using minimally restrictive disciplinary and law-enforcement methods when interfacing with children and youth.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-22|title=Girl with GRPD policy named after her dies of COVID-19, family says|url=https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/girl-with-grpd-policy-named-after-her-dies-of-covid-19-family-says|access-date=2020-12-08|website=WXMI|language=en}}</ref>
On December 6, 2017 at the age of 11, Honestie Hodges was handcuffed at gunpoint by the [[Grand Rapids Police Department]] while they were searching for a murder suspect.<ref name='honestie-policy'>{{Citation |url=https://www.wzzm13.com/article/sports/grpds-honestie-policy-now-on-the-books-and-in-effect/69-532518692 |title=GRPD's 'Honestie policy' now on the books and in effect |date=2018-03-27 |website=wzzm13.com |access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref> 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.<ref name='honestie-policy'></ref><ref name='nytimes'>{{Citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/obituaries/honestie-hodges-dead-coronavirus.html |title=Honestie Hodges, Whose Handcuffing Changed Police Policy, Is Dead at 14 |work=New York Times |date=2020-11-24 |access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref> The policy called for using minimally restrictive disciplinary and law-enforcement methods when interfacing with children and youth.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-22|title=Girl with GRPD policy named after her dies of COVID-19, family says|url=https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/girl-with-grpd-policy-named-after-her-dies-of-covid-19-family-says|access-date=2020-12-08|website=WXMI|language=en}}</ref>


Hodges died of [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] on November 22, 2020 at the age of 14.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/25/honestie-hodges-dies-coronavirus |title=Honestie Hodges, handcuffed in Michigan at 11, dies aged 14 of Covid |date=2020-11-25 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref>
Hodges died of [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] on November 22, 2020 at the age of 14.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/25/honestie-hodges-dies-coronavirus |title=Honestie Hodges, handcuffed in Michigan at 11, dies aged 14 of Covid |date=2020-11-25 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref>

Revision as of 11:29, 31 January 2021

Honestie Hodges (November 9, 2006 – November 22, 2020) was an African-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 they were searching for a murder suspect.[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 interfacing with children and youth.[4]

Hodges died of COVID-19 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. ^ a b "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