Original sentence: Like other ethnic solidarity movements of the 1960's, the Brown Berets were the target of intelligence and disruption activities such as COINTELPRO, which led to the incarceration and suppression of its leadership and members
Edited sentence: Chicanos/as have shared a dual history of invasion.Consequently, many people until today have been misled about the real aims of the organization and the reasons why young people have found in it the answer to liberate their minds and fight against oppression.Due to fear and hysteria, the government attacked the Berets utilizing programs such as COINTELPRO, which led to the incarceration and suppression of its leadership and members.First, the Spaniards invaded them in 1521 and later in 1848 by the United States with the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.In big cities like Los Angeles, Denver, Houston, and San Jose, the demands were the same: equality and justice for people of color.In the 1960s, Blacks and Latinos felt that it was time for a change.Students of color were tired of being ignored by the system and its incompetence to provide solutions to the problems faced everyday in the barrios and in the ghettos.Such was the case of the LA thirteen when Brown Berets members like Carlos Montes, David Sanchez, Ralph Ramirez, Fred Lopez and other activists were arrested accused of criminally conspiring to create riots, disrupt the functioning of public schools, and disturb the peace after an infiltrator started a fire in the Biltmore Hotel during California’s governor Ronald Reagan speech.The American reality for Chicanos/as has been oppression and segregation.The Police and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department harassed, intimidated, and persecuted the Brown Berets.The Police used espionage strategies and infiltrators to foment internal conflict as well as subtly set up and framed Brown Berets members