WITH THE TWO MIGHT HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING ABOUT BEFORE THEY
STARTED SHOOTING.
TONIGHT, A MOTHER IS UPSET,
SHE SAYS THAT HOSPITAL SECURITY
AND A DEPUTY ATTACKED HER 16-
YEAR-OLD SON OUT OF ATRIUM
HEALTH LINCOLN.
THIS IS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
THAT SHOWS THE GUARD GRAB THE
TEEN BY HIS NECK.
THE TEENAGER SWINGS AT THAT
GUARD AND THE GUARD PULLS OUT A
TASER.
MOMENTS LATER YOU SEE ANOTHER
SECURITY GUARD GRAB THE TEEN BY
HIS NECK AND SLAM HIM TO THE
GROUND.
THEY HAD TAKEN A FEW MINUTES
TO TRY TO TALK TO HIM AND TALK
HIM DOWN INSTEAD OF RIGHT AWAY
GRAB HIM, THIS SITUATION
WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
ANCHOR GENEVIEVE CURTIS SAT
DOWN WITH THAT MOTHER AND ALSO
GOT THE HOSPITAL'S SIDE OF
THING AND SHE JOINS US LIVE IN
THE STUDIO.
Reporter: THE FAMILY'S
ATTORNEY WAS ABLE TO GET THAT
VIDEO FROM THE LINCOLN COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOME
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE WAY
THEIR SON WAS TREATED WHEN THEY
TRIED TO TAKE HIM TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM IN DECEMBER.
SHOCK, ANGER.
Reporter: JESSICA LONG CAN'T
BELIEVE THIS VIDEO.
SHE SAYS HER 16-YEAR-OLD WAS
HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
HE WASN'T IN HIS RIGHT STATE
OF MIND AT THAT POINT.
THAT'S WHY I WAS AT THE
HOSPITAL.
Reporter: HE DIDN'T WANT TO
GO IN AND SHE HAD HER YOUNGER
SON IN THE CAR.
HAYDEN WAS ANGRY AT ME.
HE PUSHED ME.
IT DIDN'T DETER ME FROM TRYING
TO GET HIM HELP.
HE DIDN'T HURT ME.
HE WAS BEING DISRESPECTFUL.
Reporter: THAT'S WHEN THINGS
ESCALATED WITH THE SECURITY
GUARD.
HER SON WALKED OVER TO THE CAR.
THAT'S WHEN ANOTHER SECURITY
GUARD TACKLED HIM.
BLOOD COVERING THE GROUND.
A FEW MINUTES LATER, LINCOLN
COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRIVE.
I WAS STILL THINKING THEIR
GOAL WILL BE TO HELP ME HELP MY
SON.
AND, THEY DIDN'T DO THAT.
Reporter: BLOOD RUNNING DOWN
HIS FACE.
DEPUTIES SAY HE SPIT AT ONE
DEPUTY.
IN THIS VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE THE
DEPUTY PUNCH THE HANDCUFFED
TEENAGER TWICE UNTIL ANOTHER
DEPUTY STOPS HIM AND TACKLES
HIM TO THE GROUND.
THAT WAS JUST FULL BLOWN
RAGE.
Reporter: ATRIUM HEALTH
RELEASED ITS OWN VIDEO IN
RESPONSE TO THE EVENT CLAIMING
THE 16-YEAR-OLD WAS MAKING
THREATS.
SECURITY WAS TRYING TO
DEESCALATE THE SITUATION.
BUT THE THREATS WERE
ESCALATING.
WHEN SOMEONE MAKES A THREAT
ABOUT GETTING A GUN AND
SHOOTING AND KILLING PEOPLE,
THE OFFICERS DID WHAT WAS
APPROPRIATE TO CONTAIN A
SITUATION.
THEY ARE TWISTING THINGS
AROUND SAYING HE WAS
THREATENING TO KILL EVERYBODY.
Reporter: ATRIUM ALSO
DEFENDS THE SECURITY GUARD TO
TACKLES THE MINOR OUT OF
NOWHERE.
HE WAS AFRAID THE INDIVIDUAL
WAS GOING TO GET BACK INTO THE
CAR.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A
WEAPON THERE.
THEY DID ACT APPROPRIATELY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE YOUNG MAN
DID GET INJURED WHICH WE NEVER
WANT TO SEE.
THEY OBVIOUSLY WEREN'T
EQUIPPED TO HANDLE IT.
Reporter: NOW THE 16-YEAR-
OLD IS FACING HALF A DOZEN
CHARGING INCLUDING A FELONY.
THE CHARGING OFFICER IS OFFICER
POULSON.
THE ONE WHO PUNCHED THE
HANDCUFFED TEAM.
THE SHERIFFS OFFICE SAID IN A
RELEASE" THE JUVENILE CURSED
THE OFFICER AND SPIT BLOOD IN
HIS FACE WHICH IS A FELONY.
THE DEPUTY RESPONDED BY
STRIKING THE JUVENILE AT THE
TOP OF THE HEAD.
THE INCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED
AND DEPUTY POULSEN WAS
DISCIPLINED INTERNALLY FOR HIS
ACTIONS.
SHE TRIED TO DO THE RIGHT THING
AND GET HER SON HELP.
NOW SHE WISHES SHE WOULDN'T
HAVE TAKEN HIM AT ALL.
WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GO TO DO
IT, I TOOK HIM TO AN EMERGENCY
ROOM.
AND, HE WAS TREATED LIKE A
CRIMINAL TOMORROW.
NOBODY EVER TREATED HIM LIKE A
PATIENT.
Reporter: LIKE WE SAID, THE
16-YEAR-OLD IS FACING MULTIPLE
CHARGES.
HE HAS HIS FIRST COURT
APPEARANCE ON MONDAY WHERE HE
COULD POTENTIALLY BE CHARGED AS
AN ADULT.
ATRIUM SAID IT IS REVIEWING
WHAT TOOK PLACE AND WILL USE
WHAT IT LEARNS TO IMPROVE.
SCOTT?
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW
NEEDS HELP WITH A MENTAL HEALTH
CHALLENGE, WE HAVE A COUNTY BY