Original sentence: "  On March 22, 2004, the suit was dismissed.Another argument holds that the killings (no matter who committed them) occurred during a war-like atmosphere on the reservation in which FBI agents were terrorizing residents in the wake of the Pine Ridge standoff in 1972.News from Indian Country publisher Paul Demain wrote in 2003 that an "unnamed delegation" with knowledge of the incident told him,  "Peltier was responsible for the close range execution of the agents..."  DeMain described the delegation as "grandfathers and grandmothers, AIM activists, Pipe Carriers and others who have carried a heavy unhealthy burden within them that has taken its toll.No consensus has ever been reached regarding the events on Pine Ridge in 1975, even in and among Native American communities.This led to a campaign against the possibility, culminating in a protest outside the White House by about five hundred FBI agents and their families, and a letter opposing clemency from then FBI director Louis Freeh
Edited sentence: "  On March 22, 2004, the suit was, unsurprisingly to many, dismissed.Another compelling argument holds that the killings (no matter who committed them) occurred during a war-like atmosphere on the reservation in which FBI agents were terrorizing residents in the wake of the Pine Ridge standoff in 1972.DeMain described the delegation as "grandfathers and grandmothers, AIM activists, Pipe Carriers and others who have carried a heavy unhealthy burden within them that has taken its toll.News from Indian Country publisher Paul Demain wrote in 2003 that an "unnamed delegation" with knowledge of the incident told him,  "Peltier was responsible for the close range execution of the agents...".No consensus has ever been reached regarding the events on Pine Ridge in 1975, even in and among Native American communities-further casting doubt on Peltier's trial and consequent conviction.This led to a calculated campaign by the FBI against the possibility, culminating in a protest outside the White House by about five hundred FBI agents, and a letter opposing clemency from then FBI director Louis Freeh