Complex sentence: After a fatal confrontation in Monroe, N.C. at the end of August 1961, when Freedom Riders were attacked, a white couple was abducted and sheltered by Williams, which was seen as kidnapping by the FBI.
Split into simpler sentences: After a fatal confrontation in Monroe, N.C. at the end of August 1961, when Freedom Riders were attacked. In this explosive situation a white couple was abducted and sheltered by Williams, which was seen as kidnapping by the FBI.