Original sentence: Allegedly, the background is that the current political situation forces Christiania to have a moratorium on construction work, unless police officers should come and take things down forcibly.Designed by Danmarks Radio to test Christiania's tolerance towards the outside world, the feature did not amuse the residents.Nils Vest, a film director resident in Christiania, has accused the TV programme of being tendentious and biased.Other residents, however, took the time to peacefully explain Christiania building rules (approval by the community meeting is needed for construction).Others have taken the episode as a proof of faded collectivist ideals and bigotry within Christiania.Proponents of Christiania have defended the hostile behavior seen in the show
Edited sentence: Approval by the community meeting would be needed, and with the current political situation there was a great risk that the police would intervene, in effect holding Christiania ransom.Designed by Danmarks Radio to test Christiania's tolerance towards the outside world, this feature did not amuse the residents.Other residents, however, took the time to peacefully explain Christiania building rules.The current political situation forces Christiania to have a moratorium on construction work, unless police officers should come and take things down forcibly - Nils Vest, a film director resident in Christiania, has accused the TV programme of being tendentious and biased, whereas others have taken the episode as a proof of faded collectivist ideals and bigotry within Christiania