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THIS IS A VIDEO GETTING A
LOT OF ATTENTION TONIGHT.
A LOCAL MOM SAYS SHE TOOK HER
SON TO THE HOSPITAL FOR HELP,
BUT NEVER EXPECTED HE WOULD
FACE CHARGES.
WE HAVE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
FROM OUTSIDE ATRIUM HEALTH
LINCOLN.
LOOK AT THIS.
APPEARING TO SHOW THE SECURITY
GUARD THROWING THIS TEENAGER TO
THE GROUND.
AND PULLING OUT A TASER AT ONE
POINT.
ANOTHER SECURITY GUARD APPEARS
TO TACKLE HIM AND THEN LINCOLN
COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRIVE.
GENEVIEVE CURTIS SPOKE TO
THAT MOTHER AND GOT THE
HOSPITAL'S SIDE OF THE STORY
AND SHE IS LIVE WITH US
TONIGHT.
THAT FAMILY'S ATTORNEY WAS
ABLE TO GET THIS VIDEO FROM THE
LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE.
THE FAMILY IS LOOKING FOR SOME
ACCOUNTABILITY FROM BOTH ATRIUM
HEALTH AND THE LINCOLN COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR THE WAY
THEIR SON WAS TREATED WHEN THEY
TRIED TO TAKE HIM TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM IN DECEMBER.
SHOCK.
ANGER.
Reporter: JESSICA LONG STILL
CAN'T BELIEVE THIS VOID KNOW
VIDEO FROM THE NIGHT SHE TRIED
TO GET HER SON HELP.
HER 16-YEAR-OLD WAS HAVING A
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
HE WASN'T IN HIS RIGHT STATE
OF MIND.
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 SO SHE MOTIONS
FOR THE SECURITY GUARD TO COME
OVER.
HAYDEN WAS ANGRY AT ME.
HE HAD PUSHED ME.
IT DIDN'T DETER ME FROM TRYING
TO GET HIM HELP.
I WASN'T AFRAID OF HIM.
HE DIDN'T HURT ME.
HE WAS BEING DISRESPECTFUL.
Reporter: THAT'S WHEN THINGS
ESCALATED WITH THE SECURITY
GUARD.
YOU CAN SEE THE GUARD PUSH HER
SON DOWN TO THE GROUND TWICE
AND PULL OUT A TASER.
HE SON WALKED OVER THE THE CAR.
THAT'S WHEN ANOTHER SECURITY
GUARD TACKLED HIM.
HE WAS SIMPLY STANDING
THERE.
Reporter: BLOOD COVERED THE
GROUND.
A FEW MINUTES LATER, LINCOLN
COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRIVED.
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
DEPUTY JUSTIN POULSEN PUNCH THE
HANDCUFFED TEENAGER TWICE UNTIL
ANOTHER STOPS HIM AND TACKLES
HIM TO THE GROUND.
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.
THEY ARE TWISTING THINGS
AROUND SAYING HE WAS
THREATENING TO KILL EVERYBODY.
Reporter: ATRIUM ALSO
DEFENDS THE SECURITY GUARD WHO
SEEMS TO TACKLE THE MINOR OUT
OF NOWHERE.
HE WAS AFRAID THAT THE
INDIVIDUAL WAS GOING TO GET
BACK INTO THE CAR.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A
WEAPON THERE.
THEY DID I THINK 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
CHARGES INCLUDING A FELONY.
THE DOCUMENTS SAY THE CHARGING
OFFICER IS DEPUTY POULSEN.
THE ONE WHO PUNCHED THE
HANDCUFFED TEEN.
THE LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE SAID IN A RELEASE, THE
JUVENILE CURSED THE OFFICER AND
SPIT BLOOD IN HIS FACE WHICH IS
A FELONY.
DEPUTY POULSEN REACTED BY
STRIKING THE JUVENILE ON THE
TOP OF THE HEAD.
THE INCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED
AND THE DEPUTY WAS DISCIPLINED
INTERNALLY FOR HIS ACTIONS.
LONG TRIED TO DO THE RIGHT
THING.
REACH OUT IF YOU HAVE A
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
Reporter: NOW SHE WISHES SHE
HADN'T TAKEN HIM AT ALL.
I TOOK HIM TO AN EMERGENCY
ROOM.
AND HEARTBREAKING WAS TREATED
LIKE A CRIMINAL BY EVERYBODY.
NOBODY TREATED HIM LIKE A
PATIENT.
Reporter: THAT 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 ALSO SAID IT IS
REVIEWING WHAT TOOK PLACE AND
WILL USE WHAT IT LEARNS TO
IMPROVE.
ERICA?
GENEVIEVE CURTIS, THANK YOU.
NOW, IF YOU ARE WATCHING
AND IF YOU ARE SOMEONE YOU KNOW
NEEDS HELP FOR ANY TYPE OF
MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGE, WE
HAVE CREATED A COUNTY BY COUNTY
RESOURCE GUIDE.
IT IS POSTED ON OUR WSOC-TV
NEWS APP.
AND, IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW
NEEDS IMMEDIATE HELP, IF YOU
THINK THEY MIGHT HARM