Judge In Texas Beats Disabled Daughter With Belt For Downloading Music (VIDEO)
A judge in Texas was caught on video beating his daughter for downloading games and music. It’s bad enough for a parent to beat their child, but the child being beaten in this video has cerebral palsy. In 2004, Texas Judge William Adams of Aransas County beat his daughter Hillary and forced the girl’s mother to participate. Hillary recently made the decision to upload the video to the internet. Be warned, the video is prolonged and graphic.
Here’s the video (warning, it’s somewhat long and quite graphic…NSW).
A description of the video on youtube reads as follows.
“2004: Aransas County Court-At-Law Judge William Adams took a belt to his own teenage daughter as punishment for using the internet to acquire music and games that were unavailable for legal purchase at the time. 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. The judge’s wife was emotionally abused herself and was severely manipulated into assisting the beating and should not be blamed for any content in this video. The judge’s wife has since left the marriage due to the abuse, which continues to this day, and has sincerely apologized and repented for her part and for allowing such a thing, long before this video was even revealed to exist. Judge William Adams is not fit to be anywhere near the law system if he can’t even exercise fit judgment as a parent himself. Do not allow this man to ever be re-elected again. His “judgment” is a giant farce. Signed, Hillary Adams, his daughter”
This is absolutely despicable behavior coming from this supposed man of the law and he should be forced out of office. America has no use for monstrous judges like William Adams.
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Author: Stephen D. Foster Jr.
9:57 am
This is absolutely heartbreaking. These parents are engaging in a criminal act against their child, yet posturing as “Christian” and law-abiding citizens. Society is awakening to this kind of sickening hypocrisy in many aspects of our world. Hopefully, our collective intention to shine a light on the truth will put an end to cruelty in all its forms.
6:48 am
Very sad. I bet he calls himself a good christian with REAL family values and lives in the good old small town in the south which is the BEST place to raise a family of course. I hope they stick that soab in prison for a while.
6:09 am
Those of you ragging on the mother, you don’t understand the dynamic. Sadly, I do; I watched this and worse happen as a kid. What the mom was *trying* to do was intervene to take the heat off. Had she not done so, the SOB would have stood there and continued to slash at whatever part of Hillary’s anatomy was handy, with the excuse that she was not ‘obeying’ him. Yes, it is hard to watch the mom, but in her mind, let me explain this: Had she pleaded with her ‘husband,’ told him he was overdoing it and needed to stop, he would have blown her off, blamed her for making the girl weak, maybe even beaten them both. What she did was to take him out of the picture, hoping that giving the girl ONE good lick, getting the girl to do what he asked, would be enough to get him to stop. And, it pretty much did; although the sicko had to have one last go at her, but even so it is very likely that the mom’s intervention saved the girl from a worse beating. Until you are living in that situation, you cannot really understand the way the sick minds work. The mother was not ‘joining in’ because she thought it was right, she was doing her best to de-escalate the situation, in the only way that would ‘satisfy’ this sick jerk’s need to be cruel. Her reasoning is that one solid lick beats who knows how many blows until “daddy” had vented his spleen… Yes, it would be better had she gotten out of the relationship earlier but again, domestic abuse is a very convoluted situation and the players in it are all in various stages of emotional distress and/or duress. Easy to say what you would do in that situation; but you are NOT in that situation so you don’t really know what it is like. Mom is not the bad guy here; she’s no hero but she’s not a monster either. That role belongs entirely to dear ol’ Dad. :(
8:03 am
Oh I understand all right. My mother was exactly the same. Not that he beat her, cause he didn’t. She was just willing to throw me under the bus to “stand by her man”. Well, now the little bastard is dead and she’s minus a kid, that would be me.
I KNOW what I would do. I have had a husband try it. When they took him to the hospital for the broken bones, I requested no painkiller for him.
No man will EVER hit me again and live to tell that tale.
As for my mother, she was totally complicit. I LIVED this dynamic, too. I left the little bastard with bruises.
I have very good reasons to blame mom. I was in that situation and she stayed there even after I ran away. Nope, she and he were in it together.
My husband knew, cause I told him, that if he touched my kids this way, I’d take him out where he stood, and cause I love him, I’d bury him in the backyard so’s we could visit every now and again.
I do blame mom.
5:12 pm
Colleen, you did not read the entire article. YOUR mother did not leave the abuser. HILLARY’s mother did. It looks to me from your comments that you are viewing this situation through the filter of your own mother’s callous lack of action on your behalf. I am not saying that Hillary’s mother is a saint, and I said that in my initial comments. However, you cannot judge Hillary’s mother by the same standard as your own. Hillary’s mother did not ‘stand by her man,’ she LEFT. I presume from the tone and (justifiable) anger of your remarks that your mother did not apologize to you for her inaction on your behalf. Hillary’s mother took responsibility for her behavior and apologized. I understand your deep seated resentment, but I do not think your two situations are comparable, aside from the fact that you were both abused. I am sorry for what you have suffered at the hands of those who should have been protecting you, but it is not the same as what Hillary has experienced. Please do not allow your bitterness over your own mistreatment to make you judgmental and vindictive to all partners in abusive relationships. While they may share general tendencies, each family dynamic is unique, and it is unfair to judge all women with abusive partners as ‘totally complicit’ simply because your mother was. Some of them are victims too. I hope things are better for you now.
8:10 pm
Nice set of assumptions on your part. Seriously.
Yes, Lenna, I DID read the entire article, and I’m guessing YOU did not watch the entire clip. If so, perhaps you missed the parts where dad left the room and MOM was doing her bit, verbally.
No, Lenna, you are making a mistake, and I would suggest that you need to learn a Helluva lot more about people, Dear woman.
You have any kids? I do.
I am laughing at your nonsense about “my bitterness”…
Once again, now we all know you are into assumptions. So, Sweetie, I’ll continue to feel the way that I do, and I will continue to hold her mother responsible. My oh my, you are gem!
Sociopaths LOVE people like you. Gullible as can be, aren’t you? There is a whole world out there that is the way it is because people allow this. No sirree, my Sweet! Not in my world.
You keep your good wishes to yourself, cause I don’t need them.
You have not one clue what I went through,Sweetie, and it’s kinda nervy of you, and hypocritical, to chastise me for my opinion, then to get on YOUR high horse and do the SAME THING!!!
Good for you!
There is a thing called “choice” you may have heard of it? Or not….
10:40 pm
@ColleenPatriciaWilliams Yes, your cool-headedness and affable nature make it clear that you are certainly not scarred by your early experiences. My bad for assuming. ;o)
Yes, “dear,” I do have a kid. A son, actually, who surprisingly enough learned how to be kind to women by living in a home where *loving behavior* and respect for others was stressed. I am sure I erred not teaching him how to see his entire sex as a blight, nor how to make sure and kick others to the curb before they have the chance to hurt you. Sadly, he is of the opinion that most people are basically decent natured. Funny thing, one life lesson that seems to have escaped you, despite your clear superiority in social situations, is that children learn what they live. As such, mine learned to be a caring individual who looks for the good in others. One can only hope that he never runs across one of the bitter, twisted individuals you whelped and taught how ‘easy’ men go down.
Abusive behavior is not a sexist thing, and your letter proves it. Speaking of sociopaths, it isn’t particularly a sign of mental health to berate others and get this worked up over comments that were, actually, far less abusive than what you threw out BOTH times “sweetie.” I will not make the error of asking you to deal reasonably on this issue; clearly that is beyond you. I will say that you also have a choice, and choosing to abuse others as your go-to strategy seems to really be working for you. Isn’t it? Well, good for you! ;o)
9:08 am
@LennaS.Hanna-O’Neill You are antagonizing someone who has suffered in order to get a heightened emotional reaction from her that will validate your attempt to sympathize with the monsters who inflicted this abuse. YES, the mother DID continue her verbal confirmation and validation of the father’s behavior in his absence. I’d say that’s a sure sign she’s not on the girl’s side and totally fine with scarring her for life. And as for your snide little comment about how “clearly” Colleen must not be “scarred by her early experiences” (as if her lack of scarring would cause her to be a more “rational” person, and therefore competent opponent in this argument), STUFF IT. You are hen-pecking at someone who has had terrible experiences of abuse and then beating them over the head with their own wounded reaction that YOU caused, all for WHAT?? So we don’t BLAME THE MOTHER? Get off your high horse and leave your victim-blaming crap at the door.
11:01 pm
@LennaS.Hanna-O’Neill Once again, you make a lot of assumptions. *rolling my eyes*
10:26 am
@LennaS.Hanna-O’Neill You explained it to the tee and I counldn’t have said it better. I have been there, the abused mother who tried everything in my power to protect my children and often times than not, I was the one taking the beaten. I was scared than to know what the world held for me but going on 7 years now of divorce, I now realize that I should have left the situation long before it ever began…
8:12 pm
@SamanthaRivera@LennaS.Hanna-O’Neill
@LennaS.Hanna-O’NeillNo she may have YOUR experience down, but she sure as HELL does not have mine. OR many other women I know.
I am damned glad I taught my sons to keep their hands to themselves and my daughters to kick ass.
Why? Because this world is not a friendly place, therefore smart people deal with that.
Yup. You just ask that husband of mine that tried to be Mr. Mean. Men go down EASY.
10:45 pm
@ColleenPatriciaWilliams You know, you may be qualified to speak for yourself, but you are singularly unqualified to do so for every individual. Yes, yes, ‘dear’ we all get it; I pissed you off so you must take your digs and take issue with anyone who dares to have seen my comments as anything other than dreck. Fine, but bear in mind what you prated to me: You don’t get to decide how others feel. Fine, you took your lumps and learned how to be a bully. Oh, and we are all SO impressed, BTW. Apparently that strategy works for you, or at least it will until you run that mouth and that attitude across someone who does not ‘go down’ as ‘easy’ as you have come to expect. Calm down before you hurt yourself.
6:59 pm
i do not agree. dad needs to go to jail and get his ass “beat” for a while. and mom is a spineless pig.If she wants to subject herself to the abuse that is fine. there are many places that help abused women. If she chooses not to get help thats her choice. But to let ANYONE put a hand on your child and NOT intervene? really? not happening in my world. golf club to the skull, gun to the head, baseball bat to the spine. Take your pick……………..touch my kid and you die. simple as that. I have NO respect for anyone who will not defend a child against such physical abuse. None!!! Just saying!
8:14 pm
@ColleenHavlickBaldwin I’m in total agreement. I made sure that this crapola did NOT stand.
My kids did NOT have to deal with this, because I KNEW that the only thing to protect them was ME.
6:01 pm
I agree. I think the mom was hoping that her one slash at her daughter would satisfy her husband’s blood lust enough that he’d lay off. Obviously, she should have been out of the door the first time her husband did this, and she wasn’t. But she was more weak than bad.
He’s a friggin’ sadist who shouldn’t be anywhere near young people.
3:04 am
this could have been recorded at my childhood home. my dad died horribly of pancreatic cancer and he deserved every second of his suffering. let’s hope karma rewards this judge in the same way.
5:09 pm
In my little town you try to point out a creep to the people and they think you’re the problem.
12:51 am
@JarrettPeek Small, naive, judgmental minds think alike.
4:43 pm
This evil SOB should be thrown off the bench, disbarred and prosecuted.
12:50 am
@syorkmorris I hardly EVER advocate violence against anyone, but with this abomination of a “human” being, I’d definitely make an exception.
3:40 pm
This “judge” should not be allowed near a family court.. he should be behind bars. The fact that he says it wasn’t that bad is simply more fodder for his inappropriateness to sit in judgement.
There are times when a hand swat is appropriate, never a belt. I hated seeing my former brother-in-law take a belt to a 7 year old in the house, it horrified me. I was 15 & refused to use the belt on the boy when I was ordered to. Years later I found out that the boy went on to rape & then in prison he died after being ‘shivved’ by another prisoner.. and I am totally unsurprised. I regret not being courageous enough (nor aware enough) to call the police & report the former BIL.
It is terrifying to live in an environment where that is going on, even if you are not the one being hit. I hope that Hillary is able to protect her little sister. In my heart I think she went public with this to ensure her little sister does not get the same treatment.
3:13 pm
I just want to kick his bully ass…he needs to get what he gives,,,in jail,he is a sadist and his mother CANNOT be forgiven either…she fully participated with vigor…can you imagine his fascist-influenced rulings in court???
3:22 pm
Agreed!!! @CheVenturelli
8:23 pm
exactly this wasn’t just a beating it’s freaking assault william adams damn you you have no right doing that i say you should get-your-ass-assaulted-with-a-belt-sorry-bastart
8:43 pm
you know what i hope i-come-across-your-sorry-piece-of-shit-ass-and-your-no-good-piece-of-shit-wife-also- FUCK-THE-BOTH-OF-YA YOUR NO BETTER THAN -THOSE-PIECE-OFSHITBASTARDS -WERE -AT -SO-CALLED-WAR-AT-NOW-FAIR-WARNING-JUDGE-ADAMS-KEEP-YOUR-EYES-O-PEN-YOU-SORRY-BASTARD-SOME-WILL-BE-LOOKING-FOR-REVENGE-COCKSUCKER-ANDYOU’LL-GET-YOURS