Two former Memphis police officers convicted of obstruction of justice in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols will be released from jail ahead of sentencing in January, but a third who was found guilty of more serious civil rights violations will remain in custody, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Tadarrius Bean and Justin Smith will be on home detention with GPS monitoring until sentencing, while Demetrius Haley will stay in jail, Magistrate Judge Charmiane Claxton said during a hearing in federal court.
U.S. District Judge Mark Norris ordered all three men to be taken into custody after they were found guilty last week in the beating of Nichols in January 2023. The three, along with Emmitt Martin and Desmond Mills Jr., were part of a crime suppression team that pulled the 29-year-old Nichols over after a traffic stop — and then punched, kicked and hit him with a baton after he ran away from them…