FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - After a man died behind bars, a judge made a key decision in favor of relatives on Tuesday.
The Broward County judge is now set to release a video of the incident that led to the death of that inmate, but not to the public.
Kevin Desir, 43, was a mentally ill inmate who died a week after getting into a fight with jail officers inside the North Broward facility.
The family’s attorney said releasing the video of the incident could help determine what actually caused Desir’s death.
“The Desir video is a public record and just because BSO has taken a public record and put it in their file does not make it anything other than a public record, and they’re not allowed to use the exemption,” said the attorney.
The judge ruled it will be released but only to the family and their attorney.
“So this Friday Mr. Ferguson, you’re going to make the video available to him both in-person and he can go to BSO to view it,” said 17th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Keathan Frink.
Desir was set to go on trial for charges of criminal mischief and marijuana possession.
The deputies involved in the fight have not yet been identified.
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