Republican Texas Judge Confesses to Beating Disabled Daughter
Video of a Texas judge beating his disabled daughter in 2004 has recently gone viral, but he's says "it's not as bad as it seems."
Hillary Adams told KRIS-TV that she posted the video late last month after years of abuse by her father, Aransas County Judge William Adams.
"Waiting this long to publish it has enabled me to look at it with hindsight and not be so caught up in the passion of the moment," Hillary Adams said. "I think we do, my mother and I, we do need to try to move on past the anger and just concentrate on getting counseling and help."
"It happened years ago... I apologized," the judge recalled, adding, "It's not as bad as it looks on tape."
"Wow, that is a perfect example of his making light of the situation," Hillary Adams told the station. "He is a shining example of the way he would treat us. I just can't believe he would say something like, he doesn't think it's a big deal."
She claimed Judge Adams administered the beating because he did not approve of her illegally downloading music and games.
"She has had ataxic cerebral palsy from birth that led her to a passion for technology, which was strictly forbidden by her father's backwards views," Hillary Adams wrote of herself in the video's description.
The man in the video can be seen repeatedly using a belt to whip the girl in the legs.
"Bend over the fucking bed!" he shouted.
"Stop! Stop!" she screamed.
"Lay down or I'll spank you in the fucking face!" he warned. "Didn't I tell you to take that fucking thing off the computer!"
At one point, Judge Adam's then-wife Hallie Adams took over the spanking duties. When she refused to give the belt back to the judge, he returned with another one.
"I'll beat you into submission," he said as he continued to deliver blows. "You want to put some more computer games on? You want some more? Fucking computer. I didn't even want one in the goddamn house. See all the problems they caused?"
In all, the girl is seen taking at least 20 licks over a 7-minute period.
The disturbing YouTube video has been viewed almost 700,000 times after it became a popular topic on the social media website Reddit.
Reddit users have launched a vigilante campaign against Judge Adams, posting personal details and having pizzas delivered to his house. The local law enforcement has been flooded with phone calls since a "Don’t Re-Elect Judge William Adams" page was created on Facebook.
"We were made aware of the video last night, and there is an ongoing investigation," police Chief Tim Jayroe told Slate Wednesday.
For her part, Hillary Adams is now trying to curb the unexpected fury of the Internet.
"It is my wish that people stop threatening my father and start offering professional help," she tweeted. "That's what he really needs."
The Aransas County Republican was elected to the bench in 1998 by defeating incumbent Democrat Robert "Bob" Shellenbergar with 67 percent of the vote,
WARNING: The following video is very disturbing.
...Dick Cheney confessed to torture.
(tell us something we don't know next time whydontcha?)
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doesn't matter when it happened, he should be in jail right now, i want to know if he is.
it also doesn't matter who it is doing this kind of crap, me, you, joe blow, jane blow, or the man down the street, come to think of it, or the woman down the street. sure, he needs counseling, but he also needs to spend a night or two in county jail so he can think about what he has done, come to think of it, so does the mom, she has a responsibility to protect.
actually, i would like to know who started this situation up, the woman or the man, both of them should be arrested. and to someone with cerebral palsy?
...would be too good for this POS. However, he doesn't even have to worry about it because the local District Attorney's office has stated that the statute of limitations has expired on this offense.
This judge is a coward, and a disgrace to the legal profession and justice system. He probably WISHES he could treat defendants this way, but the law won't allow him to so he goes home and takes it out on his defenseless and dependant daughter.
Punk.
WWFSMD?
From what I understand judges aren't liked that much in jail. He might want to invest in K-Y. Sorry if that was a little offensive but it couldn't be any where near what this scum did to a little girl.
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The man is a sociopath. He still doesn't think he did anything wrong, and he's only sorry he got caught. He's got no moral core, no sense of decency.
Another black eye for Texas and its reputation for producing some of the most vicious, backward, pig-ignorant sadistic bastards this country can breed. And electing them to public office.
It's ok, though, because it's her dad. If Big Daddy Belt Wielder had been targeting a neighbour, or even a guy in his court, someone his own size, I'd assume it would be considered a criminal activity, and he'd be arrested.
"It's not as bad as it looks on tape," for the dirty rotten fuckers swinging the belt, the big WIDE belt, I'm sure.
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"It's not as bad as it looks on tape."
Hmmm. I'll be honest, judge. It looks pretty bad. And I'm not going to take the word of someone that could perpetrate such an act.
Straight people, even when caught being pedophiles, get to marry. No judge would ever deny them the ability to be married.
Straight people, even after they've killed one of their very own children, can have more any time they like and NO JUDGE CAN DENY THEM THAT RIGHT.
This is a Republican, a Texan and an ardent Christian. That's TRIPLE goodness, in the eyes of the law. He can have more kids if he damn well pleases and no one can say a thing about it - even if he's a well-known abusive MF. After all, his very own book of myths tells him to not spare the rod.
And... he and his ilk are the first people in this country to villify gays, gays with children and gays who want to marry.
This judge will never ever be prosecuted for what he did to his daughter. Watch and learn how justice is handed out in this country.
By Anonymous and LulzSec?
Remember Reslugs believe in torture.
Did the girl set up the video recorder and if not her then who? If there was another person involved, why didn't they speak up at the time? This father, judge, pitiful excuse for a man should sit in jail for a long long time.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
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