Option 3

"There will be no peace. There will be no turning the other cheek and coming together as a nation. Unification is impossible. You will be required to choose a side, because the violence has only just begun. It will only intensify from this point until there are clear winners and losers." (source)

Option 3 would require attacking the threat. It would be an offensive effort - as in counter-revolution. This might involve using existing official government police/military forces; private security forces; vigilante or voluntary group action; community militias; secret organizations; or a combination of these. Augusto Pinochet would be an example of attacking the resistance.

An insurgency is a violent rebellion against authority. (click here) Insurgents seek to nullify/degrade existing governing structures holding societies together and replace them. People's war, also called protracted people's war, is a Maoist military strategy. (click here) The foco theory of revolution via guerrilla warfare: Che Guevara's experiences surrounding his rebel army's victory in the 1959 Cuban Revolution. (click here)

This nation is the result of such a rebellion.

Counter-insurgency

To understand counter-insurgency, one must understand insurgency to comprehend the dynamics of revolutionary warfare. Insurgents capitalize on societal problems, often called gaps; counter-insurgency addresses closing the gaps. When the gaps are wide, they create a sea of discontent, creating the environment in which the insurgent can operate. (click here)

Police abuse is not the only gap seperating government from the governed. There are others like the widening gap between the rich and poor; mass unemployment; a shrinking economy, growing illegal immigration to name a few. All are oppurtunities for insurgency.

How to respond to an insurgency? Mao said only 5% of the population needs to be willing to act against the governing structure to achieve a successful revolution. Presumably, a simlar number would be needed to counter such a threat. But how would that be accoplished?

Insurgents target leaders (mayors, police, officials); governing functions (law & order, administration, education) and infrastructure (buildings, equipment, utilites, media, workers etc.). So counter-insurgents must defend those assets and attack those of insurgents.

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