‘Just Did Me Like a Dog’: 65-Year-Old Grandmother Reading Bible and Writing Sermon at Park Says She Was Tackled By Cops Who Tased Her Every Time She Cried About Being Hurt

A 65-year-old grandmother said she was tased, thrown to the ground and viciously assaulted by Carthage, Mississippi, police officers on July 23 while she was at the park reading her Bible and preparing a sermon. According to a press release from Carlos Moore Law Group, their client, Vivian Burks, “was tased eight times, thrown to the ground, and sustained multiple injuries to her back, head, elbows, stomach, and legs.” Burks was also charged with disorderly conduct – failure to comply, resisting arrest and marijuana possession, according to a report by The Charlotte Observer. Burks, who is from Leake County, Mississippi, claims she was at Lincoln Park minding her business when she was approached by an officer due to having an expired tag on her car. Burks said she told the officer she had a current tag and then gave it to him, along with her license and registration. Vivian Burks, a 65-year-old grandmother from Mississippi, accused police officers of repeatedly tasing and assaulting her while she was in the park reading her bible and writing a sermon. (Photo: Meridien Mississippi hot mic/Facebook) She says the officer subsequently offered to put the tag on her car and proceeded to do so...