CLEVELAND – Trying to strengthen the strained relationship between the community and city police, the Cavaliers hosted dozens of area youth for what the NBA team — in its partnership with the Browns and Indians — hopes leads to permanent change.
Cleveland's three professional teams formed their unique alliance last year to make a larger social impact in Northeast Ohio and Thursday's event at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse focused on creating dialogue between police officers and youngsters aged 14 to 20. “We want to have some hard, open and frank conversations," Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams told the group in the alliance's kickoff to “Conversations for Change.” After a welcoming video from Indians president of baseball operations Chris