As far as the riots, I say bring them on. And suppress them vigorously. This country must not be ruled by the mob. Besides, they’ll just burn down their own neighborhoods, like they always do.
There is a chance, that national cascade events have been planned for a good while.
The idea is to event, first inside, and then outside of concurrent neighborhoods. The overwhelming of inner city services will allow full-on penetration of more urbane areas.
Resulting in NG callouts, that are uncontainable. Sorry for the scenario.