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A California girl was devastated after her pet goat was seized by sheriff's deputies who drove 500 miles and crossed six counties to collect the animal, which apparently ended up becoming BBQ meat, according to a lawsuit.

In December 2019, Jessica Long feared her 16-year-old son was spiraling into a mental health crisis, drove him to a Lincolnton hospital and asked security officers to help get the defiant youth inside. Instead, Long says in a new federal lawsuit, her son was tasered, beaten and body slammed by both hospital personnel and Lincoln County Sheriffs deputies, and left bleeding and handcuffed outside the building where he had been taken to get care. The officers violent response is captured in full o...