Original sentence: Its relationship with the city, while hostile and turbulent in the past (such as the 1997 protest against Chief Klein and the Clearwater Police Department), has improved in recent years as the church has worked with the city to establish better relations
Edited sentence: Its relationship with the city has repeatedly moved between "friendly" and "hostile," as the church has worked with the city to establish better relations; while at the same time actively opposing the local St.Petersburg Times and even protesting the Clearwater police department