Judge: Daughter posted beating video out of spite

[Playinghardball]

Source: ALC

McALLEN, Texas — A Texas family law judge says his daughter posted a YouTube video of him beating her several years ago because he told her he was reducing her financial support and taking away her Mercedes.

Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams issued a statement through his lawyer on Thursday in which he questions his daughter Hillary's motives for posting the secretly-made 2004 video online last week.

The judge does not apologize in the three-page statement for lashing his then 16-year-old daughter 17 times with a belt while she wailed and pleaded with him to stop. He told a TV station Wednesday that the video "looks worse than it is" and that he was just disciplining his child.

Police are investigating and Adams says he will "respond" to any investigations.


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[abelenkpe]

1. So what?

It doesn't change the fact that he beat his daughter.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

69. Yep. And, if true, I think she has every right to be spiteful.

In a just society, he would be wearing an orange jumpsuit right now.

[Ohio Joe]

2. "just disciplining his child"... 17 times... with a belt...

What a piece of shit.

[SkyDaddy7]

24. That was the way I was raised...

And I was always terrified of my Dad rather than respected my Dad...Of course, alcohol was to blame as well. We don't speak much now either.

[oldbanjo]

31. Me also, my father didn't drink he was an Officer in the Navy

and treated us like we were in the Navy, There are five of us and we all turned out OK, we're all over 60 and four of us are retired.

[Odin2005]

64. It's the South, they have a culture of violence.

According to Steven Pinker there is a North-South gradient in violence in the US, there is much more violence in the southern states than in the northern states.

[Ohio Joe]

67. I had never heard of him before

I'm doing some reading on him and his works now... Very interesting ideas he has.

[daleo]

75. That's like the Royal Navy, circa 1790

Even they knew it was wrong.

[Poll_Blind]

3. I don't care if she posted it as part of her indoctrination into the Symbionese Liberation Army

That motherfucking abuser is still on tape abusing the shit out of her. I really don't care why she posted it. She didn't fabricate it. He really abused her.

Blame the fucking victim, asshole. The victim you whipped like your personal slave. Go to hell, Willy.

And get off our fucking bench!

PB

[Missy Vixen]

4. What's the age of consent in Texas?

Wouldn't 16 be, for all intents and purposes, considered an adult?

It's unfortunate she can't have him charged with battery.

And I'm betting there were plenty more beatings where that one came from, Judge Adams...

[defendandprotect]

5. Amazing how the violent always manage to blame the victim -- !!

[CreekDog]

6. Perhaps she did. On the other hand, at least she didn't beat him.

More than he can say. :eyes:

[AlbertCat]

32. at least she didn't beat him.

Yeah. Then it might've looked as bad as it really was, right? I'm sure it looks worse than it really was if you're not the one getting beaten.

This statement just proves the man is clueless, and needs to be far away from any kind of position of authority.

[Hotler]

7. Yeah so, you gave her a beat down beacuse you are a dick.....

it's all about you isn't it you shit stain. :mad:

[Exultant Democracy]

8. Fuck you Adams, give her back her car too you tyrant.

His excuse only shows how terrible this controlling psychopath still is. I'm sure when he took the car that he verbally abused the girl and given the history she had every right to feel threatened and move to protect her self from you in the future.

[Dont call me Shirley]

9. He is a sociopath, they never get it. They defend their sickness to the bitter end.

[No Elephants]

61. Yep.

[baldguy]

10. A rational person would think she's entitled to a little spite.

Being the victim of repeated assaults does that.

[Locrian]

11. hmmmm

Lets see... spite vs BEATING THE HELL OUT OF SOMEONE. Yeah, I think I'll take "beating the hell out of someone" as being worse...

[Politicalboi]

12. And she should sue his ass

For all he's got.

[zentrum]

13. Accountability

....is not spite.

He needs to be impeached if he refuses to step down as a family law judge, effecting the lives of other children.

She should due for damages, if only to pay for her years of therapy.

He enjoyed himself, he was sadistic and he came back again and again as if it really turned him on.

[Lionessa]

14. See, I said in a thread yesterday, when a judge or a doctor or other

financially blessed person beats their children, it's "just disciplining". Seems the judicial system only thinks poor people are child abusers.

[nolabear]

15. Yep, all that beating certainly made her responsible and honorable, didn't it?

I'm not saying she's not, but his ability to use her supposed personality flaw to defend himself shows a not-so-surprising inability to consider the idea that this might not be a way to "train up a child in the way he should go".

Personally I admire the young woman's spunk in telling him where he can stick that belt.

[No Elephants]

57. When I saw her on tv, she said her father was a broken man who needed help and she really hoped

he got it.

[ljm2002]

16. Yeah, and???

You're the person who thought it was a good idea to take a belt to your daughter. So, does it seem like such a good idea now, asshole???

He really is a classic abuser: it was her fault; see how much trouble that child has caused me; I had no choice; I did nothing wrong.

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[blackspade]

17. Well, Duh!

What a douche.

[MADem]

18. The daughter has CEREBRAL PALSY, to boot!!! What an asshole!!!!

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/179260/288/YouTube-video-of-Tex-judge-sparks-investigation

[Maccagirl]

19. Meanwhile, over at CNN, 68% think it's dandy for parents to use corporal punishment.

We can't go soft now, can we America.

[No Elephants]

52. I thank God my father in law taught my husband and me parents should

never raise their hands to their child well before my son was born.

He did not realize he was teaching us, but he did.

Both my parents hit, my mother with a spatula or wooden spoon, my father with a belt. I thought it was parenting.

[aquart]

20. I'm glad she has enough spirit left to be spiteful.

But I also hope she was fully aware of the fin ancial consequences to herself in outing her father.

If not, the shock may destroy her.

[No Elephants]

53. I heard her. She did not sound the least bit spiteful.

Thing is, the fucker thinks if he discredits her, somehow he makes himself look better.

However, it is not release of the video that is repelling folks, It's his conduct--and her mother's--on the video that has made people hate him. And nothing he says about her is going to change what is on the video. If anything, it only makes him seem worse.

[Warpy]

21. Clue phone, "Honorable" Asshole!

She posted that video because she hates being beaten and she's screaming for help because nobody wants to believe a pillar of the community like a JUDGE assaults children!

Jesus, the blinkered ignorance of people who abuse kids is beyond my understanding. Hizzoner belongs in jail. That video is clear proof.

[Grassy Knoll]

22. Republican family values.....

Don't look at me-look what she did. It never ends with
these phony christian "Spare the rod" Folks.

[Taverner]

23. Yeah. And that's why she waited six years. What a dumbass.

Stupid Republican judge

[FreeBillClinton]

25. Note: when you buy someone's silence, don't stop the payments.

[sandyj999]

26. Spite? It happened and doesn't matter when. nt

[chuckrocks]

27. mom gets in on it too

Guess she knows her place. Sickness. They seemed drunk the way they ganged up and berated her. Special place waiting for their type. Well, probably not, but it's nice to think so.

[hedgehog]

43. "Take it like a woman"? Wonder if the mother was beaten, also.

[Brooklyns_Finest]

28. Meh

While I am not personally in favor of beating children, that video did not really bother me much. I lol at the reaction of this board. I have been following the debate on this on other boards and race and national origin is a big factor on how one feels about the girls beating.

With that said, my dad used this method of parenting with me. While I wouldn't say it made me a better person, I don't think I was abused. As my father, he was in the right to discipline me as he saw fit.

As a parent, I would probably just deny my kid stuff, and in worse cases, we would go on some LONG runs; just like coach used to do.

[SemperEadem]

30. no adult has the right to out and out assault anyone.

there is no excuse for beating a child like he beat her. Period. No excuse whatsoever.

He belongs under a jail.

[wordpix]

36. Yes, you were severely abused if your father did this. Get help.

Your post shows you're not empathetic to the plight of a young woman severely abused by her father, who is supposed to protect her. Please get some help so you can understand what abuse did to you and this poor girl.

[Brooklyns_Finest]

46. Thanks

I think I am ok. Whether it be my father, my football coach, or my drill instructor, I have dealt with various levels of discipline. A child should obey their parents and failure to obey should lead to consequences.

Like I said, I am not too keen on beatings because I don't think it is that effective compared to other forms of discpline like a good five mile run or denying the child something they really want or have. However, I don't believe in taking away another tool in parenting.

I talked to an Asian friend of mine about the video yesterday and he just laughed. He said that something like that is to be expected in an asian household. Then I thought about the Tiger mom story from this past summer and also the rise of China as a world power. Things that make you go hmmm...

[boppers]

47. "I don't believe in taking away another tool in parenting."

Here's a question to ask yourself: If you grew up in a household where breaking a child's fingers was a "tool", where beating them with metal buckets was a "tool", where grinding their face in a toilet and forcing them to lick it was a "tool", where forcing your children to go to school splattered in feces was a "tool", where threatening to kill them in their sleep was a "tool", where holding a knife to their genitals was a "tool", ....would you be willing to deny parents some of those "tools"?

That's some highlights of how I grew up.

I thought it was normal.

I thought it was an acceptable way of parenting.

After all, I had "gotten used to" it.

And then there's this statement:
"A child should obey their parents and failure to obey should lead to consequences. "

I have no doubt you were abused, and are at a high risk of being abusive yourself.

[No Elephants]

55. No, you are in denial.

I can't tell you how sorry I am that that happened to you, but it happened and you have posted about perhaps disciplining your child with LONG runs.

You don't even get that is just another form of physical and emotional abuse, another way to misuse the enormous power a parent has over his or her child.

Please, please, get therapy.

[Threedifferentones]

74. People should do what is right.

If your father is wrong, do not obey him.

Your suggestion that China is catching up to us because parents there beat discipline into their kids is laughable.

Here in TN, the guys who get beaten into adolescence generally grow up really tough...and stupid with a side of uncontrollable rage.

The goal of parenting should be to teach a child to think for him/herself, not to ensure they always do exactly as they are told. If you want your kids to do right, do right yourself and convey your sadness when they do not.

I'm glad things worked out well for you, but plenty of kids who are raised that way simply stop talking to their parents and walk around with a pit of anger deep in their psyche for their entire lives.

[nolabear]

37. I am really sorry you feel that way. So much is lost when a child is beaten.

You're right that some groups tend more to believe that beating a child is all right. But I've never known anyone to thrive under it. At best you are controlled without learning anything beyond "If you do this you will be punished." An ox can learn that. Beating is simply about being able to overpower and inflict pain, not to give the benefit of wisdom and to help the consequences of an action be part of learning self control. Of course the latter is much harder and more involved. Not "coddling", not "spoiling", but carefully and consistently setting expectations and holding firm to them.

What would I have done for her infraction? Removed the computer and helped her find a job to make the equivalent amount of money to acquire the music and games legally. Only then could she have the computer back. If that didn't work--if she refused to find a job and started running away from home and doing drugs and hanging out with a bad crowd and got pregnant and stole and ended up in jail (which is what I think parents' fears really are when they go overboard) then the matter would be out of my hands. But I have never, never known beating to stop something like that. On the contrary, it tends to speed up the process as kids look for someone to love them and something to alleviate pain, boredom and anxiety.

I'm sorry you were beaten. Children don't deserve treatment that we would never condone if applied to adults.

[boppers]

48. ..."to acquire the music and games legally"...

Part of her perspective (and I'm not defending it, just relaying it) was that she was getting data files that could not, for *any* reasonable price, be acquired legally in her circumstances.

From my perspective, I totally understand this, because I have music that is only available for purchase in certain countries, and importing/exporting the music breaks laws in various countries.... that's how absurd our global IP laws have become, it's illegal to have a copy of a song, unless it's been authorized by the government you live under.

As far as "removing her computer", that's just not going to work anymore. It's like removing paper and pencil from a child if they "draw dirty pictures" (this actually happened to my husbandwife, back in the 70's)... computers are so ubiquitous, and so necessary, to modern basic education, that removing a computer is basically like forbidding them from using a library, or using pencils. A better solution would be to limit what can be installed, and used, on the computer.

Aside from those nits, sounds like you have a decent handle on constructive responses. :)

[No Elephants]

54. I agree with Reply 36. Get help, no matter what, but especially before you have a child.

If you are even contemplating that long runs are one of the ways to grow a child into a healthy well adjusted adult, you need help before you have a kid.

And I say that from the most empathic and loving place.

Please see Replies 52, 49 and and 59.

[Odin2005]

65. What crap. hurting children is ALWAYS WRONG, your father is a violent brute.

As far as I'm concerned, even "mere spanking" is child abuse.

I hope you don't have children. If you do I hope they are taken away from you before you hurt them.

[Plucketeer]

29. What I can't believe is...

why this scum isn't already behind bars instead of being a member of the bar. OF COURSE - we've got torturing war criminals walking free as well - IN Texas no less. Why would I expect justice for minor do-baddies like this ass hole judge??? :mad:

[No Elephants]

56. The video just came out. Give it a minute.

I don't know about being disbarred, but I doubt he will remain a judge and I doubt any law firm will give him a job and I sure would not hire him to be my lawyer

As far as being disbarred, it has nothing to do with violating legal ethics, which do not address how you parent. You wouldn't expect a plumber who beat his kid to lose his plumber's license for that. But which customer who knew about it would hire him?

One way or another, though, I hope and believe this guy will get his. But, give it a minute.

[Name removed]

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[wordpix]

38. yeah, that might help. But definitely, take this nutcase off the bench

I wonder how many abusers he's acquitted?

[wordpix]

34. around min. 4:20, judge goes off screen, nothing in hands, then she screams---did he choke her?

[boppers]

50. I hear a percussive noise shortly before her cries.

I assume he hit her with a hand. If she was being choked, there would be no sounds other than maybe a gurgle.

[TygrBright]

35. What is THIS shithead doing on a FAMILY COURT bench?!?!?

[cstanleytech]

39. Regardless if it was for spite or not the judge is wrong but rather

than admit it he rather attack his daughter it seems...............kinda pathetic of him imo.

[rasputin1952]

40. Adams is a sadistic bastard, why she posted the video is irrelevant...

he should not be on the bench.

I cringed when I saw just a few seconds of it on KO, the guy is a bastard and needs to be removed from the bench, prosecuted and if guilty of child abuse should be tossed into prison.

Five will get you ten, he says he "found God" and everything is just fine now...:grr:

[Little Tich]

41. There is more to this story than just the beating.

The judge William Adams seems to have a dysfunctional personality as well as some kind of addiction. Now, when the searchlight is on the judge, all kinds of interesting facts may turn up. As for the daughter and wife, they seem to be victims of abuse more than anything else.

[hedgehog]

44. The mother took it upon herself to administer punishment to get it over with,

then he came back into the room demanding to get his licks in. (I think he says "I didn't get my chance" Sorry, but I don't want to look at the video again to get the correct quote.) This guy is evil.

[boppers]

51. I've seen this. Fuck, I've lived it.

One parent tries to intervene with "punishment", to placate (and lessen) the level of abuse.

Parents living in sick relationships do this shit all the time.... to preserve the marriage, they'll beat their own children, but try to beat them less than their partner/spouse/whatever.

[No Elephants]

59. Respectuflly, you seem to be rationalizing the mother's behavior.

If anything, she should have taken her daughter and gone to shelter until she figured out a way to keep her daughter safe from this monster, not "administered punishement" herself.

She's very guilty, too.

[Little Tich]

62. It's common practice among abusers to force the abused turn on each other.

People don't always make the right moral choices. The high road is less traveled than most people think.

[No Elephants]

60. Please see Replies 59 and 49. The mother was an adult and a co-participant.

[greenman3610]

42. this is your basic "Focus on the Family" ...

"Spare the Rod" good ol' bible thumping child abuse.

[No Elephants]

58. I chose not to watch the video. Was something about the bible in it?

[wordpix]

66. no but a lot of f words & you will submit

[wordpix]

45. Police Won't File Charges Against TXJudge: "William Adams, who presides over child abuse cases..."

WTF? :wtf:

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/03/texas-judge-caught-on-video-beating-daughter-needs-help/#ixzz1chTDyTda

[47of74]

68. Can we give Texas back to Mexico with all our blessings?

[Paladin]

70. Blanket Condemnations Of Entire Geographic Areas Are Against Forum Rules.

Not to mention, it makes you look bad.....

[Lone_Star_Dem]

72. They can't. The statute of limitations expired two years ago. nt

[No Elephants]

49. She did not sound at all spiteful, but, if she is, who can blame her?

The two people who are supposed to protect you, nurture and build you up, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DISABLED, so that you can face the world were in that video and she was screaming and begging for mercy.

(Having avoided the video here, thanks to warnings, I encountered it when I walked into my bedroom and the TV was on.)

[Odin2005]

63. Unrepentent asshole. Here in Minnesota this monster would be serving a jail term.

[Trillo]

71. And so "the beatings" continue

by claiming it was "spite". Doesn't sound very remorseful.

This brings up a curious thought. Does child spanking ("beatings" as "discipline" or "spanking") also reflect a metaphor for "the beatings" given to each of us by those above us in our authoritarian culture? Such as those "beatings" administered by police to peaceful veteran protesters expressing their first amendment rights? Or even less severely, the beatings citizens vs. corporate receive by congress in their hypocrisy regarding deductible expenses? (employee may not deduct expenses related to employment, such as transportation or parking expenses, but corporations can) Many other examples, but hopefully the point is made.

I'm reminded of "As above, so below."

[Lone_Star_Dem]

73. Good for her.

You reap what you sow, and with a father like that there's no way you'll convince me the daughter isn't carrying plenty of emotional damage.