GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The family of Honestie Hodges is suing the city of Grand Rapids for the “mental anguish” her handcuffing at age eleven in 2017 had on her for the rest of her life.

The girl died in 2020 at 14-years-old from COVID-19 complications. Three years earlier, she was handcuffed, had a gun pointed at her by officers and was placed in a police car, with the lawsuit saying she had “a legitimate fear that she would be shot and killed.”

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Hodges was detained by police outside her home in December 2017 when officers were looking for a woman involved in a domestic assault. The city, three officers, and former Chief David Rahinsky are defendants.

GRPD later adopted the “Honestie Policy,” a training protocol that teaches officers how to interact with minors, following a recommendation by Commissioner Joseph Jones. Whitney Hodges, Honestie’s mother, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court earlier this week. She asked for an excess of $75,000 in damages for the 2017 incident.