NCJ Number
4209
Journal
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin Volume: 41 Issue: 2 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1972) Pages: 21-23
Date Published
1972
Length
3 pages
Annotation
FBI SEMINAR DISCUSSION OF GUERRILLA TACTICS AND GOALS.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR FEELS GUERRILLA GOALS ARE THREEFOLD THEY SHOW THE 'MASSES' THAT POLICE AND MILITARY AUTHORITIES ARE IMPOTENT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST URBAN TERRORISM AND, THUS, POWERLESS TO PROTECT SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. THEY PROVOKE BY ACTS OF OUTRAGEOUS TERROR, AN OVERREACTION ON THE PART OF POLICE AND THE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO 'RADICALIZE' THOSE WHO MAY SYMPATHIZE WITH REVOLUTIONARY AIMS, BUT, WITHOUT THE PROVOCATION OF OVERREACTION, WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ACTS OF VIOLENCE. COMBINING THE FIRST TWO GOALS, ULTIMATELY TO OVERTHROW THE ESTABLISHED GOVERNMENT.