Well, he's a Judge, in Texas and has got lots of support from his collegues.
His daughter sounds like a spoiled b*tch but there is something still bubbling under the surface in this whole scenario.
It sounds like the girl should invest in a bus pass.

ourbigdumbmouth: She was disobedient

Is that a reference to The Shining?

please be a reference to The Shining.

Linoleum_Blownapart: Gwendolyn: I like how instead of saying anything in his defense Judge Childbeater tries to make this into about her being a greedy coont.

The possibility that his daughter is a greedy coont was the pivotal argument that convinced me that he is indeed a good parent.

This thread will out the people that have never had teenage daughters.

Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams likely would have been charged with causing injury to a child or other assault-related offenses for the 2004 beating of his then-16-year-old daughter, but the five-year statutes of limitations expired, Rockport Police Chief Tim Jayroe said.
"We believe that there was a criminal offense involved and that there was substantial evidence to indicate that and under normal circumstances ... a charge could have been made," Jayroe said.

Even though he can't be criminally prosecuted, that's enough for an ethics hearing and likely disbarment for lacking fitness of character.

brerrabbit: Bathia_Mapes: Submitter-It's not so much that the DA wouldn't prosecute this judge, but that he couldn't prosecute him. The beating took place in 2004 & the statute of limitations (which is mentioned in the article, BTW) had expired on the kinds of charges that could have been filed.

I'd like to see this douchebag prosecuted as much as the next person, but be realistic. It's not going to happen. The DA doesn't have the power to reset the statute of limitations.

The best we can hope is that the judge be removed from the bench, but even that can take years.

I think he's an elected judge. This is not going to help his chances at reelection.

Which happens in 3 years if I remember correctly.

I_C_Weener:

What I heard, but haven't confirmed, is that when mom and dad split (after the video was old news), daughter was given the choice of whom to live with. She chose dad $$$.

/ FTFY
// trolltastic headline is trolltastic

I_C_Weener: What I heard, but haven't confirmed, is that when mom and dad split (after the video was old news), daughter was given the choice of whom to live with. She chose dad.

But without knowing more, that doesn't say much. Where was mom living? Would daughter have had to leave her school, friends, etc. and live in a motel in some other city? Could mom have cared for her properly? Etc.

Additionally, if your implication is that, because she chose her dad over her mom, he couldn't have been that bad, bear in mind that the video shows the mom standing by and encouraging her to take it.... The daughter may well have viewed her mom as just as bad, if not worse.

And finally, between Stockholm Syndrome and fear of further abuse if she left, the fact that she chose her dad honestly implies nothing about whether she preferred him. It's really nothing more than a red herring used to undermine the credibility of a victim and support an abusive asshole.

I_C_Weener: So far I'm not sure there is a good person in this scenario.
I_C_Weener: Sparring allows you to legally beat her.
I_C_Weener: daughter was given the choice of whom to live with. She chose dad.

I'm not saying you have an agenda here, but... you clearly have an agenda here.

sweetmelissa31: brerrabbit: I think he's an elected judge. This is not going to help his chances at reelection.

But he's in Texas, so it might help.

Beat me to it.

Has anyone heard what 4chan has done, or has in store for this gigantic psychotic douche?

I_C_Weener: Theaetetus: It's really nothing more than a red herring used to undermine the credibility of a victim and support an abusive asshole.

I think my agenda here is simple. There isn't an innocent person in this whole mess.

Yeah, abuse victims. What a bunch of evil jerks.

You're a real prince, y'know that?

Petit_Merdeux: Why do you put. useless punctuation in, your head;line?

This her Mercedes?

moops: Has anyone heard what 4chan has done, or has in store for this gigantic psychotic douche?

They're too scared that he'll call the cyberpolice on them, once they dun goofed.

quickdraw: /has a teenage daughter
//she has a blackbelt so beating her isn't an option

She got a boyfriend?

DarthBrooks: Thanksgiving at the judge's house this year sure is going to be awk-ward.

HE DRIVES A DODGE STRATUS!!!!

/Curse you SNL/Will Ferrell for bringing that to mind.

spoiled blackmailing cooont

I got hit worse than that as a kid. Although I didn't have CP and the punishment was done in a much more structured way. It wasn't dad running in drunk on rage/power and screaming as he beat me. I got hit for specific violations and the like.

I'm not really sure what you can run the guy for here. Hits the kid a half dozen times at most in 2004. She has it on video and doesn't do a damn thing until he takes her Benz away in 2011. This is kind of looking like two monkeys flinging poo at each other and I lack the ability to have sympathy for either monkey.

/I don't hit my kids
//although in specific situations such as them bullying others, they might get a smack across the jaw to learn what it feels like to be on the losing end of a physical fight
/empathy is important for kids to learn