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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That is not punishment, it's sadistic and violent…the dark side of me wants to rip his arms off, but I have faith that he will get his justice in this life or the next.
Brad I'm thinking he may be getting some right now.
Danny Ford Perhaps today is the day his karma stops surprising him.
This was not a "spanking" it was a downright "beating" as far as it wasn't as bad in person as it looked on camera as said by this so called judge is crap! He needs to be held accountable for his actions and most certainly does not deserve to be serving the people of this land. I say we take him out and give him a taste of his own medicine.
Put him in jail with a couple of dangerous sexual predators…he'll make somebody a good wife.
The mother, too…
Religious nut bars!
I cant believe he is a judge. for any one to actually beat there child like that has no heart. I understand kds hav to be punished and even spanked every once in a while, but to be beat with a belt like that is so damaging to a human being, Emotionally, physically, and phycologically. I hope she gets justice and he deserves to rip of his title as judge.
saw that the other day its horrible and the mom doesnt even step in she actually helps!
Katie McBay i know…i understand that parents need to decpline there child. its there right. there is a fine line of diciplining your child and abusining them, and he crossed that line. i think the dad and mom both need help and should be diciplined themselves
this pig dishes out judgement on other people, give him a taste of his own medicine, he is nothing but a bully and a coward, try that on a man judge.
I think the little brat should get it again for playing the victim and sabotaging her family. All these armchair experts screaming a crime has been committed would have had my parents executed for what they did to me. The girl was punished for disobeying her parents and this is none of our business, parents need to discipline children, no serious injury occurred o the girl that warrants police involvement. Children should also be spanked by a paddle by Teachers and Principles in school for bad behavior and the success of the liberals who have succeeded in preventing punishment like this do not see the consequences of their actions in the culture of the nation and the violent behavior we now see in a degenerating society.
Hillary’s mother Hallie, who also spoke with Today, blames her participation in the beating on her now-ex-husband.
“I lived in an environment of dysfunction, and it steadily got worse,” Hallie told Lauer. “I was completely brainwashed and controlled. I did every single thing that he did. When I leave the room, he’s telling me what to say, what to do.”
Your opinion of "discipline" is unfounded.
What Does The Bible Say about spanking, or more appropriately, the proper disciplining of children. Probably the closest verse is Proverbs 13:24 “Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.” The Hebrew word for rod in this proverb describes a scepter or staff. A scepter was a large ornately carved staff that was a symbol of authority. The first time the word appears is in Genesis 49:10.
“The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his.”
It was the symbol of tribal authority in the same way that “the White House” stands for the US Government’s authority. In fact of the 190 times the word is used in the Old Testament it’s translated “tribe” in 140 of them. Other times it’s translated rod, club, shaft or truncheon. The point is that it wasn’t just a little switch that a dad could pick off a tree to give his errant son a light whipping. It was a huge and heavy club. Are we to believe that God wants a father to club his son into submission? Of course not.
While we’re at it, let’s take a look at the word translated discipline in Proverbs 13:24. It appears 50 times and 38 of those it’s translated instruction or correction. It’s never translated punish.
So remembering that we’re talking about a proverb where things are often symbolic, and that the rod symbolizes authority, we should interpret this one as follows: “Whoever fails to exercise his parental authority hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to instruct and correct him.” It’s a warning to fathers that as the heads of our households it’s our responsibility to instruct and train our children. Our failure to do so is a sign that we don’t love them.
William Chatlain just because that was how it "was done" does not in any way mean that is how it should be done. This was wrong and if you are too ignorant to recognize it than you are as messed up as this guy.
@William Chatlain – You are one sick bastard you know that? She is a victim – of child abuse. Wow you condone beating children and beating disabled children at that. There are better ways to discipline a child. My dad never ever had to hit us and we turned out fine. You're sick.
Why shouldn't the Mother be held accountable as well? She clearly participated in the beating. I don't think she deserves a pass on this, She could have defended her daughter, as most moms would instead on helping the monster she married beat her child.
Both parents deserve to be beat like they beat thier daughter IMHO.
What is wrong with you people attacking this Judge? First we take God out of School, we can longer spank children in schools and now we have taken the rights of a parents to discipline their own children away. He said bent over, he used a belt does anyone out there remember your parents belt when you were young growing up. Now does anybody wonder what is ahppening to our younger generation…NO DISCIPLINE…lack of respect towards parents, law enforcement, teachers, school administrators and look how they dress when they go to court. Our founding fathers believed in disciplining their children and did not hesitate to do so. We have children now threatning parents that they will call 911 if they don't do what they want……..we have children in Elementary schools telling teachers to FUCK OFF…..and you attack this parent. It must be because you are a great parent since you are responding to the actions of this parent.. Hypocrite……
Hang Him, sorry S>O>B>.
The man is acting out of anger with violence. Discipline requires self control. How many people have angered him in court with his response being over the top instead of following the rule of law.
With any knowledge of abuse victims you would recognize that the wife is reacting as someone who has been on the receiving end of his rage. That does not make her actions excusable. I'm certain had she not complied with what he was doing she would have received the belt also but that is what you do for your children. She should have taken the child and left this man the first time he did something like this to her or the child. This said, I don't know how long the man has been a judge but could you imagine the type of justice you would receive as the wife of a judge trying to get a fair deal in court against him in regards to custody of the child.
The man (and I use that term loosely) is sorry he got caught.
If this happened between two strangers, in a fight, and one man was beating another like this in the street it would not be acceptable… why is it okay ( form some comments on here) for someone do that to their OWN CHILD? who btw, has a disability. I understand keeping your child in line and raising them to respect adults, rules etc. I feel as though the crime really did not fit the punishment. I feel very sorry for the girl as well as the parents. How they must really hate their own.
daughter. It is just sad!
I am going to say this, and if you cannot understand it it's YOUR problem. Many years ago, the only American way of teaching children "respect" was through fear. That part is true. We've since learned that TRUE respect is taught through love and respect. There is no place in TODAY's world for this kind of a beating. ESPECIALLY on a young woman who may LEARN that hitting is love and she may wind up with abusers as boyfriends, furthering the cycle of American dysfunction.
AMEN!!
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No Child, or adult for that matter should be treated this way. I would whoop someones ass for doing this to their dog.. so to see this severe abuse to not only a young girl but a young disabled girl makes my blood boil. Who cares about an election he should face child endangerment and abuse charges. BASTARD!!
Let him get his discipline in prison w a big buck mofo named butch.
John B……couldn't have said it any better myself!
Dana Stepp .. Big mofo has to sleep sometime and I would expect the judge to snatchthe tongue of "mofo's throat. payback works bith ways.
Dana Stepp .. Big mofo has to sleep sometime and I would expect the judge to snatchthe tongue of "mofo's throat. payback works bith ways.
Nick Menas … If this pussy judge had a single lick of courage, one… he wouldn't be in the judicial system with all the other cowards… two… he wouldn't be abusing teenage girls… If this cock-sucking coward ever see's the inside of a prison cell, "Raped without retribution" will be this cowardly bitch's middle name. He'll be going down like a prom queen.
as the first step in wisdom for man is the "fear" of God (one that loves us greater than any man can) fear and love can and sometimes must coexist for a functional family relationship….setting the boundaries early with painful consequence is elementary in child rearing.. only the b.s. of P.C today has resulted in the worst generation of American children ever. No pain, no fear, no respect. I feared my parents whipping, I love and respect them today more than ever for or doing it. Nothing anyone can say can change that reality.
A big high five to the daugther for postig this video! Now it is time for Mom to "take it like a woman", and so called Dad, to take it like a man! I just hope the youngest daughter's safety is investigated…she's probably a "lying, cheating, stealing" teen by now. They are nothing but educated bullies and I hope their communitiy sees them as such.
This guy is a waste of good air. A perfect example of why caning should be legal punishment.
This video has been posted on http://www.ToxicCops.com so the world can see a dumbass in action.
That's just a little taste of what my mom put on me growing up or better a Chinese mom puts on her kids if they misbehave or even better what the Navy Seal instructors did when I was at Bud/s. Better that than getting a letter in the mail saying you owe 450,000 to a record studio.
Wow Monte, invest in Pro Tools. You can build an AMAZING studio these days of 40k
Wow Monte, invest in Pro Tools. You can build an AMAZING studio these days of 40k
Wow Monte, invest in Pro Tools. You can build an AMAZING studio these days of 40k
I don't care when it happened….do you think a person like this should be allowed to be around children and his low-life wife is just as bad! This judge makes decisions in FAMILY COURT…..DO YOU WANT HIM MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN? AND WHAT IF AN ABUSED CHILD CAME TO HIS COURT,,, DO YOU THINK THEY WILL GET A FAIR TRIAL?
HE NEEDS TO GO NOW – NOW- NOW……WHY ISN'T HE IN JAIL? HELL HAS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR HIM!
WAIT! THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DOESN'T KNOW IF A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED?
WHAT THE HE11…….
Nothing will happen to this sorry excuse for a human being because he was a judge and is too well connected. Our legal system is a joke. Makes me wonder why I'm in law school.
Just a few minutes alone in a room with this asshole would be the last few minutes of this guys life.
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This is the link of the number that really matters in this instance. It is the Texas State Commission On Judicial Conduct. http://www.scjc.state.tx.us/contact.asp
(877) 228-5750 < Toll free: Feel free to express your views
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Austin, Texas 78711
Spanking a child for doing wrong is one thing, BEATING, VERBALLY ABUSING AND MENTALLY TERRIFYING A MENTALLY/PHYSICALLY DISABLED CHILD IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! And this piece of.
s h I t coward has the audacity to turn around and say that "I apologized" and "It's not as bad as it looks" WHAT THE P H U CK is wrong with the b a s t a rd? I say we need to all get together and go "OCCUPY" him a few times upside the back of his head! And I don't care if he IS a judge! I'd GLADLY do it! Lock me up then, but he deserves some real JUSTICE.
what this article doesn't mention is that the victim has cerebral palsey. The judge presides in family court! he is one twisted sick individual. His own daughter is treated with such dis-respect, no matter what her "crime". If a Dept. Sheriff or prison guard was caught on tape doing this EXACT BEHAVIOR, beating a prisnor with a belt! he/she would lose his job and be on trial for abuse of a prisnor. This judge clearly enjoys getting his aggressions out using violent behavior. It's sad to say but because he's a judge, there is a 99% chance NOTHING will happen to him legally, no jail time no mandatory counseling, NOTHING, because he's part of the law enforcment system.
nobody should be above the law… but our system allows it
I'm sure she never downloaded illegal content again. This is rediculous. There punishing her for doing something illegal. More parents should be like that and this world would be a better place. Maybe that's why your kids are so disrespectfull like most of them are these days. I am italian, a leather belt, please , my italian family used a leather belt with medal on it and whipped me and my brother repeatedly and my kids will get the same treatment when they misbehave, don't listen or download illegal content. And she should be beat again for putting this on youtube. Oh, I am very succesfull, respectfull of my elders and many other things thanks to my parents diciplinning me.
He should be whipped himself, see how much he like that, a disgusting excuse for a "Man".
What a loser……….he needs help. He has destroyed his family and himself. How can he be a judge and know what is right and wrong. He doesn't even know what wrong is……. what a loser.
That was rediculous
Seems the kid turned out just fine to me as a result of ,.. better than the judge putting the child in jail for the theft she committed. Bet she's never stolen anything since! I got my butt tore up like that many times. No big deal. Kids today are wimps, and liberals are giving them power over parents…The result is kids become the civilly disobedient and disrepctful Socialist scum like Occupy Wall Street Protesters and their pathetic ilk. If she were my child, her name would immediately come off any Will, I would cash in her college fund to pay any legal bills arriving from this.. Good luck now brat.
Really? You think it's okay to beat disabled children? She has cerebral palsy and he beat her for something like downloading music from Kazaa – which is now legal by the way. So you beat your kids into submission? I hope you don't have any kids.
Kelly Calder Yes I do have children, and I frankly hope YOU don''t. Last thing this country needs aI wore more wimp kids and parents.I think dad went a little overboard but she was not harmed irreparably. She stole and could have faced charges, so I think his resort was more merciful than a permanent record. Like I said, her name on the Will would disappear as would any set away college or other fund for legal bills. Moreover, she bounced around that room pretty good for a person with "CP", . In fact, I would probably disown her for her disrespect and public disclosure. I would make her regret the disclosure permantly.
Nick Menas – Really? You don't think she wasn't harmed? Let's not forget the fact that physically but emotionally as well. No I don't have kids yet but when I do, I will NEVER beat them. You think a beating is the right punishment for downloading music – off a program that is now legal? Permanent record? She was a minor so it probably would've went away. If he wanted to do the RIGHT thing he would've turned her in. "Wimp kids and parents?" Wow I hope someone turns you in if you beat your kids. You probably do if you think that this was "okay." My dad NEVER had to hit us and we respected and listened to him. If we ever got out of line, the worst he had to do was yell at us. Why? BECAUSE of the fact we respected him – and still do – it was bad enough he had to yell at us. There is a difference between a spanking and a beating. That girl was BEATEN!! That is abuse – plain and simple. How about we let someone do that to you and see how you feel about it. You are really a disgusting person if you think what he did is okay. And there are different levels of cerebral palsy.
Kelly Calder: NO! She was not harmed. Emotionally she is fine…it's not like she just came back from Iraq! She got her ass whipped for stealing! Similarly, for as long as you use the term "beating" versus discipline, YOU are the beaten one. This country is so far behind the rest of the world now because we "empower" children over parents. We "tolerate" anamaolous and indefensible behavior from children. America's children are an embarrassment! Children in this country drop the F bomb on parents and threaten to sic HRS on them for seizing their cell phones! Even School officials have been empowered to take our child across state lines for abortions without PARENTS consent and without accountability if something goes awry. If more parents disciplined their children more harsly and political correctness was sent back to hell where it belongs, this country just might have a chance at recovering. This child may think she's getting the last laugh… but her Will would be out the window, and any trust taken away as a result, this spoiled crap of a child will again remember, you DO NOT disrespect a parent or you will pay a dear dear price.. Even God says "spare the rod, spoil the child. Finally, as you don;t have kids, you have no idea what you are talking about or how you will discipline your child when you have been disrespected, threatened in your home, or by their friends: And I have been spanked far worse than that from myMOTHER when I was caught playing on railroad tracks when a train was coming..she was so scared and crying as she dragged me all the way home by an arm, whipping me with a belt similarly. Know what?…I love her more than any man can love a Mom! So grow up, get a backbone and keep your nose outa other people's business. It's a good way to lose it. YOU are the disgusting one…giving your opinion in a forum on a subject you have no experience with.
He needs to be removed from the bench, I can't even imagine his presiding over a family case.
what about the kid , needs to be showing right from wrong.
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I serve as senior pastor in a church in NC. I strongly believe in punishemt of children. The Bible supports discipline of children. However, what this raven lunatic did is far from Biblical principle. There is a correct way to spank a child, but what I just witnessed on this video was a beating! Not only did this judge physically abuse his daughter, he verbally abused her. Discipline should always be conducted with self control (by the one giving discipline) and with love. The judge lacked both! He is a good example of why parents are no longer allowed to discipline their children. I pray for this girl and everyone involved.
That is nothing but pure hatred! He and his wife probably have big smiles in public like they are the perfect family. MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL!
luke-a lesson in why we all need biblical teaching for how to love and discipline our children. I made my share of parenting mistakes. We all need God's help. The judge needs God's help.
You are right Rob. When I read the story I just got so angry. I hurt so bad for the daughter and others like her who endure abuse. He does need God's help and our prayers.
Any of you over 30 or so who have watched this video are saying to themselves "HA! that's nothing compared to what I got!". Not saying it makes it right because some of the crap many of us have endured is not right either. Just think how many people would have been in jail if we all had cameras back then?
This man should be arrested and prosecuted!
Getting disciplined is not pleasant; the girl needs to learn that there are rules and if they are broken, punishment results. He spanked her, he did not beat her – and there is a difference. Deliberate disobedence equals parental punishment. His position as a judge should not come under scrunity – he "punishes" every day…grow up folks. Our society is going to hell in a handbasket due to lack of discipline in the home and in school.
What is the statue of limitations in Texas for something like this?
Just found the answer to my question: http://www.expertlaw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29418 Texas statute of limitation for child abuse is 10 years. Judge, watch out!
Rose Richardson —- Wrong. They cannot charge him and many law experts have said the statute of limitations was like five or six. It's been seven. It was all over the news they can't charge him but they could take him off the bench.
Kelly Calder Thanks, crappy thing they can't charge him, but at least might be able to take him off the bench.
Why isn't the mother being investigated too? She participated too, but even if she hadn't used the belt herself, which she did, she condoned the father's behavior. She should have stopped him. She's just as guilty!
What do they mean they are not sure if any crime has been committed. If you spank your own kids with an open hand they can take them away from you.
I hope he will be put in jail. The statute of limitation should be adjusted to length of time starting from the date this video publicized. Also, of course, he should be disrobed of his black robe which he does not deserve. He is definitely NOT the kind of parents that dicsipline their kids out of love, just listening to his continuous "fucking". Lastly, I think his wife seemed to be afraid of him, so he must be some kind of a despot in the family.
If he could do that once, he did it many more times. Why else would she have had the camera set up in advance? He needs to lose his job and join those he has sent to jail.
I saw that video.. When she wouldn't roll over to be properly abused (which I always find it curious that parents preferred area to spank is a sexual region of the body! Very perverse) he threatened to beat her in the face with the belt. My parents belted me but it was never the frenzied, rage fueled scene in this girls bedroom. I'm glad that her ordeal (which of course would have been just one of many, that's how it is in spanking families) has come to public light.
This beautiful, young girl deserves loving parents who know how to handle conflict in a healthy, non-abusive way. I can't watch this video… it literally turns my stomach. Kudos to her for shining the light on such abuse. God only knows what else wasn't caught on tape. I hope they pay for what he did. He and his wife are disgusting.
This jerk is a monster. Watching this video was difficult and made me sick to my stomach. I was beaten with a belt by my father. He beat all of my sisters with a belt as well and the dog too. He's dead now.
I hated him. My heart goes out to this girl I know what she went through. This jerk who beat his daughter should be put in jail among the general population for some vigilante justice – and his ex-wife too, she is no better. People like this make me sick.
How could some of you blame the girl. She's a child for God's sake. He's the adult. This isn't a spanking – its a BEATING.
I'm disgusted by this, I couldn't even watch 2 minutes of that video! That is not discipline, that is a beating and it made me SICK that the monster and his wife both seemed to ENJOY what they were doing to their own flesh and blood. I'm glad she put that video out there for everyone to see and I hope when people run into him in public, they treat him like the animal he is! I know some people agree in spanking, but that was NOT spanking, that was verbal and physical abuse! I feel so sorry for that lady and I hope she's able to live a happy life now that she's away from him and I APPLAUD her for having the guts to post that video. I would love for someone to hit him the same amount of times with the same object and see if he thinks it hurts because according to him "it didn't hurt". Seriously? And I thought that the point of spanking is to "hurt the child" into not making the same mistake again so how did it not hurt? Furious is not even a good enough word for how I feel right now! I'm going to go home and call my parents and THANK them for not being monsters, wow, how lucky am I?
There should be no statute of limitations for a man who beat him own disabled daughter because she wanted to play computer games. I hope he rots in HELL.
There should be no statute of limitations for a man who beat him own disabled daughter because she wanted to play computer games. I hope he rots in HELL.
I'm shocked at how many people think this is a good way to punish someone. 1) It goes beyond punishment 2) If it is such a good way to be punished, why don't we do it to adults? Why can't the courts or police just beat the tar out of people for "disobeying". IE: speeding, running a red light, failure to yield; etc etc.
The same people that agree with this, mess their pants when Middle Eastern or Asian countries cane someone.
The man obviously has no self control like a good father and gentleman should have. He is weak, much like the "Men" that follow certain middle eastern text, who bury their daughters in the ground up to their chins and then invite family, friends and strangers to stone their child to death. It is very easy to be angry and aggressive. It is much more difficult to be patient, good, fair and virtuous. That is why these animals take the easy route, they are not strong, but weak and pathetic. Those of you that dismiss this as "that's how it has been done for decades" should also remember that fathers would also give their daughters up at "bleeding age" to be married to men sometimes much older than the child. In the past it was also OK for children to play with "Quick Silver" aka……Mercury as a toy. Nurses and Doctors would break open thermometers and give it to sick children to amuse themselves. Is that how it should be these days? Release your stunted mentality and allow in the sunshine of evolution so that your wretched spawn might have a chance in the future.