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Hundreds of us walk add cross the brooklyn bridge on the, you know, brooklyn bound side where the cars would normally be multiple lanes continued across into really the heart of brooklyn, i think i'll just never forget this. this was the most poignant image. at the front which i joined for seven hours tonight they were carrying about half a dozen c.a.r.d.board scoff fins and etched on them were names you may not know, i wasn't as familiar with, not high-profile cases, but people that these folks feel in the city of new york were unjustly shot and killed by new york police officers and so in th...

Screaming for justice, demanding change in how law enforcement deals with people of color. >> it's happening in every city, every town. it's happening here in pittsburgh. >> reporter: in new york, the brooklyn bridge shut down by protesters and they brought times square to a standstill. hours of peaceful protests there escalatin escalating, eventually reaching a tipping point, the nypd cracking down. 219 arrested overnight, including several after a massive scuffle. >> it was all pretty violent and they were laying people down on the ground against the cars. >> they were very much overly aggre...

More than 200 people were arrested, double the number from night one. but let's be clear, these were mostly peaceful protests. thousands marched across the brooklyn bridge. some carrying makeshift coffins. the holland tunnel and west side highway were briefly closed. here's a photo i took of vans full of police and riot gear last night. it's not just in new york city. chicago's famed lakeshore drive was turned into a pedestrian mall as protesters gathered there. in the heart of boston there was a large demonstration on beacon hill near the state house and in the nation's capitol it's unclear w...

>> reporter: shutting down times square. >> hands up, don't shoot. >> reporter: large crowds largely peaceful but this many people and this much emotion leads eventually to conflict. >> we're making an arrest here right now. >> reporter: nypd making arrests after a massive shuffcuffle. >> they were very much overly aggressive, what a surprise. when has nypd not been overly aggressive to us. >> reporter: marchers were chanting "whose streets? our streets." police disagreed. ♪ i can't breathe >> reporter: some staged a sit-in, arrested while singing and holding hands. but for all the noise, si...

Carrying about half a dozen cardboard cough coffins. and etched on the coffins were names. these represent people that these folks feel in the city of new york were unjustly shogt and killed by new york police officers. in the main thoroughfare in brooklyn, dozens of people lay down. they were calling ate die-in. and four multiple minutes it was just quiet. you heard the power and voices in song. but in those few moments it spoke volumes for that what these people were trying to get across. we can go to times square. laurie see gal was in the middle of it tonight. it's quieting down where i am...