Complex sentence: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington D.C. Simon & Schuster, 1994, p.62 In April 1968, Washington faced riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Although reportedly urged by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to shoot rioters, Washington refused.
Split into simpler sentences: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington D.C. Simon & Schuster, 1994, p.62 Soon afterward, Washington was faced with riots in the District that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968. Although he was reportedly urged by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to shoot the rioters, Washington refused.