A Texas judge is under police investigation after a video, purportedly showing him beating his teenage daughter with a belt, was released on the Internet.
“Aransas County is aware of the video posted on YouTube regarding County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams, and the matter is now under review by the Police Department,” read a statement posted on the county website.
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County attorney Richard Bianchi confirmed to the San Antonio Express-News that the individual in the video is Judge Adams. The child was reportedly being punished for using the Internet without permission.
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“Obviously it is a very disturbing video,” he told the newspaper. “We in my office as well as everyone on Earth is taking a look at it at this time.”
Judge Adams expressed remorse to KXTV – and said his conduct in the video was “not as bad as it looks on tape.”
“It happened years ago,” he told the Texas television station. “I apologized.
The video was believed to have been shot in 2004 – but was posted Tuesday on YouTube – by someone identifying themselves as Adams’ disabled daughter. The graphic video shows the child being whipped with a belt as the man curses.
“It’s disturbing,” County Judge C.H. Mills, Jr. told Fox News.
Mills said he’s talked to his colleague and said “he’s pretty upset.”
“I’m not at liberty to tell you what our conversation was about because the county attorney told me I shouldn’t,” Mills said.
The Texas Dept. of Public Safety confirmed to Fox News that they’ve been asked to assist the Rockford Police Dept. as they investigate the video.
But at this point it’s unclear what – if any crime has been committed – and whether or not there’s a statute of limitations.
The video has caused turmoil in this tiny community about 30 miles north of Corpus Christi.
“It’s very hard to take care of business today because every phone is ringing with the same question,” Mills said.
For the time being Judge Adams has not been removed from the bench.
However, he agreed with the county attorney to have a visiting judge for the immediate future, Judge Mills said.
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We occasionally hear from those who fight to uphold this practice for those under the age of 18 (even to the blaming of the social maladies of the day on a supposed "lack" of it), but we rarely, if ever, find advocates for the return of corporal punishment to the general adult community, college campuses, inmate population, or military. Why is that?
Ask ten unyielding proponents of child/adolescent/teenage-only "spanking" which of these is the "right" way to do it, and which are offensive, indecent, obscene, or abusive, and you will get ten different answers:
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ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING!
I couldn't watch the entire video-I had to stop. As I am typing, I am shaking like a leaf and bawling. Please, pray for these children. You don't have to know their names ~ God already does.
…it doesn't matter how long ago it happened. The pain remains. I remember learning about forgiveness, kindness, love, and compassion growing up in church…not abuse, cursing, and hatred.
DON'T DO AS I DO. DO A I SAY. He needs to be supended of all of his positions.
We often hear from those who fight to uphold this practice for those under the age of 18 (even to the blaming of the social maladies of the day on a supposed "lack" of it), but we rarely, if ever, find advocates for the return of corporal punishment to the general adult community, college campuses, inmate population, or military. Why is that?
Ask ten unyielding proponents of child/adolescent/teenage-only "spanking" about the "right" way to do it, and what would be abusive, indecent, or obscene, and you will get ten different answers.
These proponents should consider making their own video-recording of the "right way" to do it.
Visit Unlimited Justice or Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education to learn more and add your voice.
He needs a dose of his own Judge, Jury, & Executioner…
Give me a break. My Dad whipped me with a belt when he caught me swearing. Neighbors dad would make his kids pick out their own twitch. Is This nation
Is becoming a bunch of sissies. I harbored no ill will, if anything it made me respect adults. Now it's "time out" for youthful offenders who grow up to be coddled. Oh it's not his fault he killed somebody. It's societies fault…
I was sick to my stomach watching a grown man and woman beating their daughter repeatedly – leaving and then coming back for more beating. As a mother myself I cannot imagine treating anybody with the indignity and humiliation they treated their daughter – our job as parents is to protect our children from people like this – and this poor child lives everyday with the fear that her parents will "snap" and beat her again. These parents do not deserve to be parents…both children in this video should be removed from what appears to be an abusive and unsafe home.
He did the right thing; I only wish more parents had the gumption to beat their misbehaving children like the judge did. Because despite what the "violence doesn't solve anything" crowd whines, it does; at least it did with me.
God will hold him accountable. BUT did it straghten her out?