The victimised ethnic group felt justified in retaliating. Smalls himself accuses the company of retaliating against him for organizing a protest. Most of these incidents involved white people retaliating against nonviolent demonstrators. His worst habit is retaliating against insults in bizarrely effective ways. Later in 2019, some workers accused the company of retaliating against internal activists. Meg is able to withstand his torture, retaliating with taunts about his technique. McMahon was then restrained from retaliating by Trump's bodyguards and Bobby Lashley, Trump's representative. Open signs of defiance began to emerge, with Germans not retaliating. This ultimately led to Jeff retaliating against his brother after weeks of passive resistance. His competitive and retaliating personality would get him penalties. Lukinoff pleaded guilty to retaliating against a federal official by threat on June 20, 2012. He was retaliating for "Jayhawker" raids against pro-Confederate settlements in Missouri. The gangs admitted that they were "retaliating" for their suffering under ELAS rule. This belied the theory that Libby was retaliating against Wilson for his "Times" editorial. This affords competitors the possibility of retaliating for defection in previous rounds of the game.