Original sentence: Churchill became the focus of conservative criticism and general media scrutiny in 2005 for an essay he wrote immediately following the September 11, 2001 attacks.Churchill was born and grew up in a blue-collar family in Elmwood, Illinois.He is currently a tenured professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder.In the essay Churchill says that many World Trade Center victims were not entirely innocent because of their role in supporting what he claims are the Unites States' imperialistic global economic and foreign policies.Ward LeRoy Churchill (born October 2, 1947) is an American author who claims partial Native American descent
Edited sentence: Churchill is outspoken on Native American issues, in particular the FBI's investigation of Native American activist targets most of whom were suspected of violence during the late 1960s and early 1970s.Churchill was born and grew up in a white blue-collar family in Elmwood, Illinois.In his published works, he characterizes those killed by the September 11, 2001 attacks as legitimate targets because they were not innocent victims because of their role in American capitalism or the military.The author of many books and articles, he is a tenured professor of ethnic studies at University of Colorado at Boulder currently being investigated for academic fraud by University authorities.This claim is disputed by the leadership of the Native American community.Ward LeRoy Churchill (born October 2, 1947) is an American academic and activist who claims to be of partial Native American descent