Original sentence: Because Stacy's original actions were so innocuous, lynching opponents considered Stacy's killing an egregious example.Black resistance against lynching carried substantial risks.In 1946, a mob of white men shot and killed two young black men and two young black women near Moore's Ford Bridge in [[Walton County, Georgia].Originally, lynching meant any extra-judicial punishment, including tarring and feathering and running out of town, but during the 19th century in the United States, it began to be used to refer specifically to execution, usually by hanging.The riots were sparked in part by job competition between Irish-American immigrants and free blacks, and during the riots 11 blacks were killed, with many more beaten, and their property destroyed.This lynching shocked the nation and was a key factor that led President Harry Truman to make civil rights a priority
Edited sentence: Because Stacy's original actions were so innocuous, lynching opponents considered Stacy's murder an egregious example.Black resistance against lynching carried horrible risks.In 1946, a mob of white men shot and killed two young black men and two young black women near Moore's Ford Bridge in Walton County, Georgia.Originally, lynching meant any extra-judicial punishment, including tarring and feathering and running out of town, but during the 19th century in the United States, it began to be used to refer specifically to murder, usually by hanging.The riots were sparked in part by job competition between Irish-American immigrants and free blacks, and during the riots 11 blacks were murdered, with many more beaten, and their property destroyed.The savagery of this lynching shocked the nation and was a key factor that led President Harry Truman to make civil rights a priority