Original sentence: After Brooks began beating the defenseless Sumner with his steel-tipped cane, Keitt quickly drew a pistol from his belt, jumped into the aisle and leveled it at the horror-struck Congressmen who were approaching to try and assist Brooks, loudly announcing "Let them be
Edited sentence: After Brooks began beating the defenseless Sumner with his steel-tipped cane, Keitt quickly drew a pistol from his belt, jumped into the aisle and leveled it at the horror-struck Congressmen who were approaching to try and assist Sumner, loudly announcing "Let them be