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Judge William Adams Taped Beating Daughter Hillary Adams (Video)
Hillary Adams Uploads Video of Her Father, Judge William Adams, Beating Her with a Belt
William Adams, a judge in Aransas County, Texas, was caught on tape as he beat his disabled teenage daughter, Hillary Adams, with a belt. The video is below- it's fairly graphic. Apparently, Adams was beating his daughter, who blogs under the name shoehedgie, because she was illegally downloading music.
The video was apparently shot in 2004, but was uploaded on October 27, 2011. Hillary Adams then posted the video to Reddit, where it gathered viral momentum. After shoehedgie's account was compromised, resulting in a fake AMA, Gawker spoke to a friend of Hillary Adams, who confirmed that the man beating the girl in the video was William Adams.
Judge Adams confirmed that the video is real, saying "it's not as bad as it looks on tape". William Adams is getting death threats from internet vigilantes who have picked up on this story; even Hillary Adams doesn't want her dad to be physically threatened.
Rockport, Texas police are investigating the incident.
Hillary Adams uploaded the video to YouTube, along with the following description:
"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 judgement as a parent himself. Do not allow this man to ever be re-elected again. His "judgement" is a giant farce. Signed, Hillary Adams, his daughter."
You can watch the Judge William Adams video below; again, it's not for the faint of heart.
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Jayfffff (not verified)at 10:11 on November 2nd, 2011
If the legal system protects this clown instead of hanging his butt out to be spit upon, than the legal system has proven they are a political paid and bought for entity and don't give a shit about justice. Judges are like politicians.. they are.in it for their own self-serving gratification than doing what is best for the people This guy's ass needs to be barred from ever being a judge or lawyer again. If he isn't fit to judge his own actions in his family, how the hell do you expect him to serve the public. But lets not stop there. He needs to spend a year in jail with some very pissed off gang members who have access to youtube.
at 10:37 on November 2nd, 2011
This video is only the tip of the iceberg through the history of mankinds abuse of their own child. I've heard of and seen a lot worse than this video..Also tens of thousands of kids supposedly disappear every year in the US alone..Ever wonder what actually happened to them ?
Statistics show 5 children die a day from abuse. I believe that number is actually too low..
Over 3 million reports of child abuse are made every year in the United States..
In 2009, approximately 3.3 million child abuse reports and allegations were made involving an estimated 6 million children.
http://www.childhelp.org/
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forreal (not verified)at 10:56 on November 2nd, 2011
screw this guy...makes me embarrassed to live in texas
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Bojedis (not verified)at 11:59 on November 2nd, 2011
A wack or two is good enough for most kids, but I think the girl is to old to do that to. As for the judge? He needs his a$$ beat. If he happens to get prosecuted, he won't be on our page at America's Wrongfully Convicted.com
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anon123 (not verified)at 16:22 on November 3rd, 2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONNRfflggBg
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"thirty-aught-six" (not verified)at 13:29 on November 2nd, 2011
Not agreeing with the mans behavior but, the question of using the internet to acquire music and games that were unavailable for legal purchase at the time; and the statement, which was strictly forbidden by her father's backwards views; -needs discussion before we adopt the moral outrage. Is theft forward thinking? Not wanting your child to be a thief and a liar a backward view? In all fairness if we are going to hang the father, the daughter must hold a place beside him for her transgressions.
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J. Minick (not verified)at 19:51 on November 2nd, 2011
Sounds like you are abusive as well. Abusing children, especially those who are disabled, is wrong. You must be sick!
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j. Mimic (not verified)at 22:07 on November 2nd, 2011
Sounds like you are abusive as well. Abusing the law, especially by those who are disabled, is wrong. You must be sick!
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VIGI (not verified)at 11:11 on November 3rd, 2011
"thirty-aught-six" Your nothing more then an SOB.. I bet you beat your kids all the time you scumbag hick.. What you need is a good whipass, big man who condoms beating a child..
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been there, lived that, but don't have the video (not verified)at 15:37 on November 2nd, 2011
Survivors of abuse are all around you. Abusive parents are sitting next to you at the football game. Your neighbor who seems "so friendly" may be a real-life monster behind closed doors. Most people turn away and would rather not face the fact that "normal friends" they would NEVER suspect do in fact abuse their own kids regularly and habitually without remorse. People with a heart are shocked and want to deny such ugliness is happening to at least one child in every class their own child is in. What hope then does that abused child have? No childish infraction is corrected by a prolonged beating because the parent is "so fg upset right now." Rather, many abusers were once abused themselves; it is a repeating cycle. Discipline, of course; undisciplined, out of control beating, never!Think about it--if you knew for certain a child near you was being beaten or abused in any way, what would you DO?
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J Mc (not verified)at 17:40 on November 2nd, 2011
Wow, this guy needs some help.
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J. Minick (not verified)at 19:26 on November 2nd, 2011
What horrible parents! I cannot imagine. I am so sorry, Hilary. You sure did a great thing by exposing them. There is absolutley no excuse for their actions. They are horrible parents. They belong in prison. It was obvious the mother was not manipulated. She participated of her own volition. I wish you all the best Hilary; you deserve it!
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Jhohen Carpenter (not verified)at 01:03 on November 3rd, 2011
It looks like a popular prank caller named Capn Crunchf***er put his prank calling mentality down "For a moment" and used his time to start a large wave of calls that lead to this man's attention with the police.www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbgHa6xbi4AAfter seeing this video of the poor girl being beat he said "...I want this spread to every news center over the net by morning. Lock and Load men and women". He was also noted as saying "This beautiful and talented young lady never deserved parents like this. This man needs to go to prison and i'll make sure he does."
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Bill C. (not verified)at 01:55 on November 3rd, 2011
This is as disgusting and as brutal as I have ever seen. And THIS IS A JUDGE? WOW, what a piece of human feces. Not only BEATING nercilessly his own child, but the profanity he used and the screaming...and the child being disabled at that. You could tell in teh video that the wife was also afraid of him. This bastard needs to spend some time in prison being someone's bitch. I would LOVE to meet this "IT" in person. I cannot even bring myself to pray for his soul...he's too far gone for me.
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Rusty B (not verified)at 02:58 on November 3rd, 2011
Yes he was way wrong. Discipline should never be done out of anger. I am not making any excuses for his behavior. I was disciplined WAY worse than that as a child. Imagine that whopping she received in a shower naked with a belt, thats what i got. I know you all want to hang this guy out to dry but it happened 7 YEARS AGO. He apologized to her. Maybe this incident woke him up to his wrong. We don't know. We do not know all the facts only what you see in this video. Is there any evidence that his behavior continued after this incident? Did she post the video because she was angry with him about something else and she did it out of spite? Why did she wait so long to post it? people have been posting videos on you tube for a long time. He who hath NO sin cast the first stone.
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DarrenM (not verified)at 05:08 on November 3rd, 2011
The guy is a dirt-bag and a coward. I'd like to see him with his belt stand up to a grown man, or even a 16 year old boy. He deserves everything he gets.
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charlottej (not verified)at 05:42 on November 3rd, 2011
this sick bast**d needs to be killed thats is just sick in the head!!!! if he isnt punished for this!! f***ing americans are freaks the lot of them!!!
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Silencedogood (not verified)at 05:50 on November 3rd, 2011
The guys a fake, a fraud, a hypocrite and an abuser of women... Good greif! he's practically in congress.
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Robert T. (not verified)at 08:21 on November 3rd, 2011
The father should have sentenced her to a term in prison for internet theft. He'd still be the bad guy to some but maybe the poor girl would learn right from wrong under the masterful hands of a lifer.
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leah marie (not verified)at 10:08 on November 3rd, 2011
After watching this I now feel sick to my stomach. Just sickening.
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Ian Weston (not verified)at 10:59 on November 3rd, 2011
A long prison term is the only respectable outcome for these two evil abusive scum bags they should never be left alone with children ever again.I hope this girl can move past this and have a normal peaceful life.
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Craig B (not verified)at 11:05 on November 3rd, 2011
I feel sick seeing this, i really do.
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brendat (not verified)at 11:16 on November 3rd, 2011
I myself was whipped by my father at the age of 16. the difference is my father was an alcoholic and he used the buckle end of the belt to hit me from the top of my shoulders to the back of my knees leaving brusing all over. I don't drink because of this and I do not hurt my kids. I won't ever forget what happened to me..
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ammon (not verified)at 11:51 on November 3rd, 2011
He clearly has problems, and this transmits itself to his family. You can see his rage at her inability to totally obey because of her fear.I was spanked as a child, and with the belt sometimes too, but this guy is way to angry to be executing disciplinary punishment. I say throw the book at him, and hopefully his cellmate can teach him something about total obedience in the face of fear.
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Appalled (not verified)at 12:00 on November 3rd, 2011
He should be strung from his testicles for acting like that. I hope he gets what's coming to him.
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t702 (not verified)at 14:10 on November 3rd, 2011
The wife is just as much to blame. This video is horrible and disgusting. Saddens my heart.
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JONELOLOLOLOL (not verified)at 15:42 on November 3rd, 2011
"turn over like a 16yr old and take it"probe the best quote ever. can't wait for the incest vid.
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HLC1101 (not verified)at 08:07 on November 4th, 2011
Yeah the wife looked so upset over the beating of her daughter that she decided to grab a belt and join in the beating and yelling. What the hell do they mean she shouldn't be blamed? bullsh! She made her choice and instead of admitting that she is a horrible mother she plays the poor pitiful me act! Pathetic. Hang her along with her husband.
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Samuel24 (not verified)at 08:29 on November 4th, 2011
Thanks for justifying my torrents! What a possesive violent asshole! Their no point sugesting he may have redeemed himself.Leopards dont change their spots!Your weak as piss doing that to a kid. I hope someone beats you into oblivion!
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Glomerol (not verified)at 20:37 on November 5th, 2011
This person-- 'judge' (whatever that is)-- is part of the legal system (whatever that is), which is part of the broken and corrupt global nation-state capitalist corporatocracy, call it what you will. Feudalism and slavery, etc., are alive and well..."Although I admit that the outcome in a stateless society will be bad, because not only are people not angels, but many of them are irredeemably vicious in the extreme, I conjecture that the outcome in a society under a state will be worse, indeed much worse, because, first, the most vicious people in society will tend to gain control of the state and, second, by virtue of this control over the state’s powerful engines of death and destruction, they will wreak vastly more harm than they ever could have caused outside the state. It is unfortunate that some individuals commit crimes, but it is stunningly worse when such criminally inclined individuals wield state powers.~ Robert Higgs, 'If Men Were Angels: The Basic Analytics of the State versus Self-government'"If you're callous to the effects on others, you have a potential to rise. The odds are that you can 'compete' your way up. If you care and are socially concerned about others, you're at a tremendous disadvantage. So I think the competitive dynamic that we have does sort of weed out a set of people for success. But I would say that what it weeds out for success is not competence, not creativity, not intelligence, but callousness far more often."~ Michael Albert, co-founder 'Z Magazine'"The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself... Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable..." ~ H.L. Mencken