retribution

In March 1998, 18th Street Gang member Benjamin Urias was shot twice on Burlington Avenue in what police believed to be retribution for a prior attack on a Burlington Locos member, court records show.

“Today much of our educational system has steered away from discussions of current events and politics for fear of institutional, external, or even personal retribution,” Akhavan said.

Already, that power structure is calling not for calm or justice, but retribution.

Latif has so many thoughts about retribution and forgiveness that I’m unconvinced that her movie needed ghosts, too.

“Some say it’s retribution. I say, who cares? You know, don’t lecture me on timing of lawfare. Don’t lecture me on politically-motivated investigations. You guys invented this stuff.”