Original sentence: In addition to the immediate trigger of the Rodney King verdict, many other factors were cited as reasons for the unrest, including the extremely high unemployment among residents of South Central Los Angeles, which had been hit very hard by the nation-wide recession; a long-standing perception that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) engaged in racial profiling and used excessive force, supported by the Christopher Commission, an investigation led by Warren Christopher (who two years later would become Secretary of State under then president Bill Clinton); and specific anger over the sentence given to a Korean American shop-owner for the shooting of Latasha Harlins, an African American girl
Edited sentence: In addition to the immediate trigger of the Rodney King verdict, many other factors were cited as reasons for the unrest, including the extremely high unemployment among residents of South Central Los Angeles, which had been hit very hard by the nation-wide recession; a long-standing perception that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) engaged in racial profiling and used highly excessive force, supported by the Christopher Commission, an investigation led by Warren Christopher (who two years later would become Secretary of State under then president Bill Clinton); and specific anger over the sentence given to a Korean American shop-owner for the shooting of Latasha Harlins, an African American girl