How I Survived an Acid Attack | We Are Witnesses: Chicago
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- Опубликовано: 21 янв 2020
- In 2006, Karli Butler had just started grad school at age 23. “The world was literally at my fingertips,” she told The Marshall Project. One night, she was brutally attacked by two women with a gun and acid. She suffered third-degree, full-thickness burns to 30% of her body. Butler has since had over a dozen surgeries.
In this installment of We Are Witnesses: Chicago, she talks about her recovery and the complex evolution of feelings she has had towards her attackers. “There was a point in time where all I could think about was doing bad things to this woman and wishing evil on her,” Butler explained. “But after spending more time in the courtroom, and seeing her family, seeing her daughter, made me see her more as a person.”
Butler returned to grad school and earned a master’s degree in organizational and cultural communication. Today, she advocates for other survivors of violence.
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15 years for causing a lifetime of pain. This is NOT justice.
It'll feel like a lifetime to her
It's Chicago, what do you expect?
Emotionally I agree but but that person's life is over in several ways
@@Buttaknife the attacker was up for parole in 2019... so much for a lifetime.
More than a decade
Comparaed to most acid victims, her healing is absolutely miraculous. And her level of forgiveness is divine.
Two women attacked her over a man. They threw acid in her face in hopes of ruining her life. Instead they ruined everyone's life, theirs, their children's lives and the victims life. All over a man who moved on without any of them. This is so pathetic. Glad that the victim has healed physically and emotionally.
The jealous girl TRIED to destroy her good looks and failed. She is such a beautiful person inside and the out literally. I'm happy to see you are doing well young lady. You look great
Right, she still looks good!
Two 30 plus year old women throwing acid on a 20 year old is crazzzzyyy
Did they share a man?
@@marilynyoh7951 tf is that supposed to mean? We are not animals, this is not how we should deal with things
@@marilynyoh7951 you're trying to come up with a logical reason sorry that's not how sociopaths work. There's plenty of unattractive people out there that will do this just out of jealousy, to get at the bf. Or scared to confront r the bf.
There's other videos of incels that will also do this.
The lady who did this to her , her daughter should be mad at her own mother because her mother did this to this lady
I thought the same thing smh. Her mother is already ignorant hopefully there’s some kinda hope for the daughter.
Karma will skip you and get your kids…. Overall she’s still beautiful they couldn’t take that from her… Disgusting evil vile people out here but karma shall pay her a visit best believe that
Exactly….misplaced anger
agreed, she had the balls to be mad at this woman...this woman thought about Nicole's kid she's better than me because I'd want Nicole to suffer
@@Datb2 The crazy got passed down to the daughter. How on earth can the silly daughter be upset with the victim?
Dam she’s still really beautiful no lie. And some people are pure evil 🤦🏻♀️😩
Her voice too 🥺
She is seriously beautiful.
No kidding. She is still very beautiful and elegant.
i’m glad she healed so well!
The fact her daughter has misplaced anger shows she wasn’t being raised properly.
Exactly! The daughter is mad because the victim is mad!! No accountability and poor character traits.
She’s been thru hell but I see beauty in her face-and she’ll continue to heal , brave young beautiful woman.
Totally agree 100%.
Only 15 years? That’s Chicago, Illinois for you.
Who would ever do something like that. They should have been charged for attempted murder.
I don’t care whether she had kids or not. She should have thought about her actions and how it would affect her children. She’s lucky to only get 15 years for that. I would have been fighting for a much longer sentence.
After hearing stories like these and many more , it makes me feel like I should not trust anyone no matter who they are 😢
You shouldn't
stay vigilant and do not trust anyone...trust your gut
Don’t! Trust yourself and God that’s it
Yea I won’t be talking to strangers as much. This is scary
Pray for the gift of discernment....
Don’t ever stop to give anyone directions at wild hours of the night like that. I don’t ever trust it and in todays age you can easily use your GPS that stopping folks for direction shit is B.S!
She was targeted. She would have been attacked either way. This is not a good example for your PSA
She ran and yet was chased to the car
@@AliciaGuitar I said what I said
The attack happened in 2006. Smartphones weren’t really used back then, so it wouldn’t be completely out of the ordinary for someone to ask for walking directions. However, it is definitely weird to do that during certain hours.
@@princess_ama the person was speaking in general
I remember you Karli. You helped my grandma, Hope, through her recovery. You might not remember me , I was so young when I met you.
After all the surgeries and burns to her body, this lady can still forgive her enemy. That was the most loving and humble expression of forgiveness that I've ever heard!
She's still really beautiful
Wow what a beautiful person with such a pure heart. To be able to forgive such a heinous act shows what an amazing person is young lady truly is. God bless
Damn she’s mad fine but she’s still beautiful after the healing, god bless her❤️
She still looks beautiful
She has a heart of gold
Nobody should get away with this
Don't feel bad for her being away from her kids. Someone who's that evil is a bad influence on the kids so it's most likely actually better for the kids that she's away from them.
15 years isn't enough
I am glad she healed well.
This woman is still beautiful on the outside and in. Amazing how the heart can exude such an aura of beauty. It surrounds her; her voice, her smile, her words, her spirit and her body.
She’s way too empathetic worried about Nicole smh. 15 years ain’t enough
Trauma bonding. No different than abusive relationship.
heinous battery? that’s attempted murder.
This just proves nazar (bad things happening to you because of someone’s jealousy or the way they look at your beauty) is very real! You still look gorgeous though, keep spreading love and positivity and stay strong! ❤️
Even after all she went through she continues to be extremely beautiful. I can’t believe the woman only got 15 years in prison. That’s not enough time for all the pain and suffering she caused. Her sentence needs to be longer and harsher
You are still physically beautiful. And you have a beautiful soul. Very strong. This is not the only trauma and attack she has endured. She is on I survived and was attacked by men and that was the second time she had acid thrown in her face. Strong and beautiful inside and out.💕
This bought tears to my eyes. God bless you.
How people can do this to someone else and live with themselves is beyond me.
This is why I refuse to make friends or have relationship partners because when they get upset jealous rejected hurt or just miserable in life they can kill you 😢
She was beautiful before the attack and beauty after too. ❤️💕
How do people have access to acid in the us unless you are licensed
The Marshall Project, you make great videos, and I appreciate all the stories and insights you bring us. Your channel deserves way more recognition! Thank you for bringing so many issues to light.
15 years isn't enough. She,s such a nice person that she worry,s for this women's kids.
Dear Queen 👸🏽 I wanted to take this time to express how motivated and inspired I was watching this video‼️ You are still a very beautiful woman inside and out and I’m glad that you talked about it and did this video😌 I’m sure that if this has touched me I’m very confident it will help those whom have suffered similar instances 🙌🏽 Prayers for you all and much love and support, especially because there are so many ppl who complain about how they look comparing themselves to other ppl when there are others whom have gone through traumatic experiences more grateful 🫶🏽🙌🏽💯🙏🏽😌
She is such a beautiful young woman 🙏🏻🌹
One gracious young lady. Thanks for sharing.
15 years. Complete miscarriage of justice.
Very Inspirational and eye opening wow! I’m so happy to see her continue her life after this heinous act.
She beautiful her face wasnt too bad at all 😊she heals well❤
This needs more views!!!!
F that....she didn't see you as a person!
incredible healing, she looks amazing
How inspiring!
I aspire to be as strong as her! I could not view her as a human since she didn’t see me as such! We can forgive but it’s okay to be angry at the person!
Such courage and strength of character to be able to forgive and move on. I would be seething with anger for the rest of my life if someone did that to me or a loved one.
Oh my…what is she…an angel? Bless your heart
Why should I forgive someone ruining my life? This "forgive" thing is so dumb!!!
We must forgive people, not only gor them but for yourself. You don't want to be angry and miserable for life. Hatred eats you up like cancer, but once you forgive, you literally feel free. 5he devil is a liar.. Don't let him win. LIVE. FORGIVE.💜💜💜
@@jesusfirst7320 Bullsh*t
I agree mermaid I don’t feel a vile anger boiling in me thats holding me back in my life from not forgiving but I will never forgive my abuser who $exually harmed me and my child. Forgiveness often gives monsters carte Blanche to keep being monsters. The shame and unforgiving actions toward someone can hold them back from harming more people.
@@mermaid78 Hatred can actually cause you extreme depression, heart attacks, stroke etc. If they control your mind, they have you for life.
@@beak2932 this is so hard to accept but so true
She’s beautiful they didn’t take anything from her and also she did right by forgiving them because if you don’t forgive someone then that person will forever have control over you and you’ll never be able to live life with a peace of mind .
She is so strong like she faced such a challenge in life and she evolved throughout the healing process! 💎 She definitely turn to a inspiration to all of us..with this giant and wise heart! I just wish people would know why these things happen to people..we arent here for the first time..we alreay lived other lives and did good and bad things and everything we do we face the consequences. thats why eather such horrible or amazing things happens to us and through these experiences we connect to different people for a REASON and at the end everthings is made to shape our spirits! We are here for that reason 🙏🏻
How are ppl getting acid so easily? It should be impossible to find😖 I hate this world👹😤🤬
I dont understand how anyone can do this to another human being.
Beautiful inside and out. What a wicked thing to do to another human being makes me sick she is way more forgiving than I would be.
She is such a beautiful soul
And still so pretty ❤
Still Beautiful
Snaps! Stold my exact words!!
God bless and keep Karli Butler.
Shining w😍man keep living your life with this shining smile for you not to be a victim... Go on strong girl 💪🏾 ❤
This was such an heinous and SUBHUMAN ACT. WOW‼️. She exhumes BEAUTY, inside and out. May the GOOD LORD CONTiNUOUSLY REIGN BLESSINGS on YOUR LIFE, QUEEN KARLI👑👑👑💜💜💜. 2022/2
FORGIVENESS is FREEDOM💜💜💜
A fellow woman doing this! Such a shame. Should be 50 years at least. You shouldn't throw acid on someone and not get at least 50 years. If the daughter is angry at you she already inherited the evil. And can you please stop sympathizing with them for being motherless?
Death penalty to those that are capable of doing this. They cannot be reinstated into society and we the tax payers don't want to foot the bill into taking care of them
Karli if u read any comments I just want to say you are so beautiful inside and out before and after🙌 you are such a strong inspirational woman You have so much good and light inside u don’t ever let anyone dim tht bc it’s rare and just beautiful💐✨♥️✨
Many God be with these people in a VERY special way.
Pure evil, how human beings can destroy other human beings, I will never understand !!
Your are beautiful! A beautiful soul, this young lady is.
*I seen acid happened once*
*At A Laundry Mat*
Even tho not all the acid made contact...
*It was the smell that never goes away*
Y'all gotta be careful when people reach into they poccet or 🎒 🛍 *YOU'LL NEVER KNOW*
I pray that I would be that forgiving if something like that happened to me or a loved one.
Love you sister and blessings you will always be beautiful.
I hope she isn't in pain.
This woman is naivly nice i dont know how to put it
There is nothin but evil in the perpetrator soul and heart and doesnt deserve mercy,empathy nor a second chance
The Victim is A lovely woman her mindset isnt made for this world she is too kind i hope she has a happy life
For me there can be no love towards someone who try to do evil to me
Karli is amazing!
I thought these acid attacks were in Middle east, not in the Mid West. Just horrible!
Jealousy is a mf. SMH
Bless u beautiful ❤
Beautiful
Your amazing.
She is absolutely a beautiful woman,
She's still gorgeous and wonderful souls
So much beauty in one single woman.🙏.
God bless you from bottom of my heart,
God loves you so much,
Peace and love,
She’s beautiful inside and out
I dont get what people gain by doing harm to other people
God bless you girl cuz you have done nothing wrong, you survive and move on didnt look back in anger😊
beautiful inside and outside even though they hurt her.
She's still gorgeous.
She’s so beautiful
Nah… there is no good in somebody who can do this kind fuckery. Her daughter was mad at you? She can get it too!!!
Real t
Imagine what body can heal. Gorgeous lively in spite of haters 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Wicked witches. 😠
Karli I think you are a beautiful person inside and out and would love to meet you someday....
Girl u are absolutely gorgeous 😍 ur very very brave xxx
She gorgeous though
I hope you are doing ok, how evil
You truly are such a beautiful beautiful soul and - I am so amazed - you are incredibly compassionate , loving and kind ! God bless you - I hope what's her name is convicted of God and she has remorse & the desire to change - Im sorry you went thru this nightmare & so thankful God spared you - for your mission here in part to inspire & give hope to us that have suffered different traumas - but are still struggling . What a warrior ! Sending you love , prayers up for you and gobs of hugs . God bless you always. Ps You are a gorgeous young lady with a very soothing sweet voice ! ❤️
She looks OK still ❤
Her daughter was mad at you 😡 she should be mad at her mother for putting herself in that position especially hurting and distroying someone’s life
Was she on I survived A&E? I feel like I heard her story on there
Yes she was 😊
Only 15????? for a lifetime full of pain and damage?? BEE!!!!! S!!!!!!!
Why did they do this to her?
God bless
i am happy that she did not get to decide the punishment because otherwise, i think the attacker would not have ended up in prison..