Honestie Hodges
Honestie Hodges | |
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| Born | Honestie Hodges November 9, 2006 |
| Died | November 22, 2020 (aged 14) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |
Honestie Hodges (November 9, 2006 – November 22, 2020) was an American teenager from Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1]
Handcuffing incident
[edit]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 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]
In July 2022, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights announced racial discrimination charges were filed against the Grand Rapids Police Department for the handcuffing of Hodges in her 2017 arrest.[5]
Death
[edit]Hodges contracted COVID-19 on November 9, 2020, her 14th birthday, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan. She died from the virus 13 days later, on November 22.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Teenage girl whose handcuffing at 11 led to police reforms dies of Covid", The Independent, November 25, 2020, retrieved November 27, 2020
- ^ a b "GRPD's 'Honestie policy' now on the books and in effect", wzzm13.com, March 27, 2018, retrieved November 27, 2020
- ^ "Honestie Hodges, Whose Handcuffing Changed Police Policy, Is Dead at 14", New York Times, November 24, 2020, retrieved November 27, 2020
- ^ "Girl with GRPD policy named after her dies of COVID-19, family says". WXMI. November 22, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
- ^ "NAACP says civil rights charges against Grand Rapids police long overdue in Honestie case". Michigan Live. July 26, 2022. Archived from the original on February 21, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ^ "Honestie Hodges, handcuffed in Michigan at 11, dies aged 14 of Covid", The Guardian, November 25, 2020, retrieved November 27, 2020