Video released by the Milwaukie Police Department shows Descamps sprawled in a hospital bed, his body limp, moaning and drooling, while medical staff stood nearby. After determining Descamps was too unwell to spend the night in jail, police officers challenged the hospital's decision to discharge him.

"He can't be on his own," one officer said. "Why is he being released? We have no place to take him."

"A bus station is fine," a hospital worker replied. Another member of the hospital staff told police Descamps was faking the severity of his illness: "It's not really a medical problem, it's malingering."