Tadarrius Bean biography: 13 things about former Memphis, Tennessee cop from Olive Branch, Mississippi

Tadarrius Marrielle Bean is an American man from Olive Branch, DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States. He previously lived in Cordova, Tennessee, USA and worked as a police officer in Memphis, Tennessee.

Who is Tadarrius Bean?

Before becoming a police officer, Bean worked at a fast-food restaurant in Mississippi. He is 5’10” tall and his registered weight is 230 pounds.

Aside from Olive Branch, Bean has lived in other parts of Mississippi including Horn Lake. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He was born in 1998.
2. From 2014 to 2015, he was a varsity football player in Center Hill High School in Olive Branch.
3. In 2016, he graduated from Center Hill High School.
4. In April 2018, he became the president of the Omega Psi Phi‘s Eta Zeta chapter at the University of Mississippi in University, Lafayette County, Mississippi.
5. In May 2020, he graduated from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.
6. In August 2020, the Memphis Police Department hired him.
7. On January 7, 2023, he and his fellow Memphis Police Department officers Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith Jr. allegedly caused the injuries of Memphis resident Tyre Nichols, who was pronounced dead on January 10, 2023.
8. On January 20, 2023, the Memphis Police Department fired him, Haley, Martin, Mills and Smith. On January 25, 2023, Memphis Police Department chief CJ Davis said he, Haley, Martin, Mills and Smith were found to be directly responsible for the physical abuse of Nichols. On the morning of January 26, 2023, he was arrested and booked into the Shelby County Jail in Memphis. In the afternoon, he posted $250,000 bond and was released. On January 27, 2023, a video of the confrontation between Nichols, Smith, Haley, Martin, Mills and him was released.
9. On February 17, 2023, he pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, official oppression, aggravated kidnapping while possessing a weapon, aggravated assault – acting in concert, official misconduct thru unauthorized exercising of official power, two counts of aggravated kidnapping causing bodily injury and two counts of official misconduct through failure to perform a duty imposed by law.
10. On March 24, 2023, the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission voted to decertify him, Smith and Martin.
11. On September 12, 2023, he was federally charged with using excessive force, aiding and abetting each other in using excessive force, failing to intervene to stop excessive force, failing to render medical aid and conspiring or taking action to cover up misconduct.
12. On October 3, 2024, he was found guilty of obstruction but acquitted of deprivation of rights, deliberate indifference and conspiracy. The US Marshals took him into custody.
13. On January 22, 2025, he will be sentenced.