That's horrible. So many people go into these positions just so they can abuse the power given to them, and then think they can get away with it. I'm glad we have new ways of documenting their wrongdoing.
The poor guy being handcuffed to a hospital bed reminds me of my ex-husband's best friend, who was arrested for open container back in December of 2011. He was just drinking a beer he got at a convenience store while waiting for a city bus to take him home from work.
He wasn't in great health, so instead of jailing him, he was taken to a hospital, where he spent a week ankle-cuffed to a bed, with a round-the-clock police guard on him. His bail was only $250 and no one in his family or any of his other friends would bail him out, even though it was really close to Christmas.
Finally, the day before Christmas Eve, I gave my ex the money and told him to go bail out his friend. He did, and the police guard was eager to leave and get home to his family for the holidays. It was SUCH a waste of taxpayer money.
That same friend died in October of 2014, with the open container case STILL PENDING! We got a copy of his death certificate, and my ex applied to the court to return the bail money. It was only when we proved my ex's friend had died did the court close the open container case....and send a check for the bail money we provided. It was crazy.