See what this has to do with helmets below.....
ROCKPORT,
Texas — A Texas judge seen viciously beating his then-teenage daughter
in a video she posted online last year returned to the bench Wednesday
after a yearlong suspension.
William
Adams, the top judge in coastal Texas' Aransas County, worked through a
normal docket of juvenile cases, divorces and estate settlements on his
first day back. He said nothing to address the incident that kept him
off the bench for a year, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported.
The
Texas Supreme Court last week lifted Adams' suspension, during which he
collected his $150,000 salary. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct
issued Adams a public warning in September.
Adams
dealt with at least 349 family law cases in the year before his
suspension, nearly 50 of which involved state caseworkers seeking to
determine whether parents were fit to raise their children. The state
will no longer file physical abuse cases in his court, but most of the
state cases had to do with neglect or poor living environments,
according to the district clerk.
The
nearly 8-minute video was viewed millions of time on the Internet. In
it, Adams is seen lashing his then-16-year-old daughter Hillary on her
legs more than a dozen times and growing increasingly irate while she
screams and refuses to turn over on a bed to be beaten. At one point the
father screams: "Lay down or I'll spank you in your (expletive) face."
Hillary
Adams said she released the video, which she secretly taped in 2004,
hoping it would compel her father to get help. She said the beating came
because she had illegally downloaded digital files on the Internet.
After
the video was released, Adams said his daughter posted the clip to get
back at him for telling her he would be reducing the amount of financial
support he gave her and taking away her Mercedes. A day earlier, he had
told a television station that the video looked worse than it was.
Hillary
Adams and her mother, Hallie Adams, who is also seen hitting Hillary in
the video, have said William Adams is not fit to return to the bench.
The local district attorney said too much time had passed to bring
charges against William Adams.
The
courthouse's switchboard had received some angry calls and emails about
Adams, but county officials have said all along that the situation was
out of their hands. Adams is an elected official with a term running
through 2014. County commissioners voted to slightly lower his salary –
he earned about $150,000 during his suspension – but there was little
else they could do.
The
Corpus Christi newspaper also reported Wednesday ( ) that it appeared
to be business as usual in Adams' courtroom. Security has been stepped
up in response to threats received following the release of the video,
including visitors now being required to pass through metal detectors to
enter the building.http://bit.ly/SW9Ai6
Here's a short vid about the issue from the philosopher that I've been stalking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?
That
Philosopher, Stefan Molyneux, in my view, is the king of "truth" as it
relates to virtue related to empirical evidence. I've heard him on
three occasions mention helmets in a sheeple-minded manner. He has a
radio show on Sundays. I just might call in to deprogram his own
superstitions about helmets.
