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Honestie Hodges
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Honestie Hodges
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| Died | November 22, 2020 (aged 14) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
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Honestie Hodges (November 9, 2006 – November 22, 2020) was an American teenager from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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. 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. The policy called for using minimally restrictive disciplinary and law-enforcement methods when interacting with children and youth.
Hodges contracted COVID-19 on November 9, 2020, her 14th birthday, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan. She died from the virus thirteen days later on November 22.
