Complex sentence: Members of the city council told the police chief that they were unhappy with the handling of the incident, including a police spokesperson's claim that a restaurant could refuse service to anyone, even though the council had outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation beginning in 2003.
Split into simpler sentences: Members of the city council told the police chief that they were unhappy with the handling of the incident, including a police spokesperson's claim that a restaurant could refuse service to anyone. The council had outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation beginning in 2003.