Kicking off at Martin Luther King Jr. Park, the group called Save Rochester - Black Lives Matter begins its trek through Rochester City Streets as part of their "Shut It Down" protest.

Stopping along the way, including a stop at the jail, where protesters call for the release of some inmates. 

Then, they moved on to the ultimate goal of breaching and shutting down Interstate 490. The group marched along the entrance ramp and onto the highway, chanting and calling for change.

Police, clearly to keep these protesters and the public safe, had previously stopped traffic in both directions.

The protesters spent time marching on I-490 and then crossed over the Frederick Douglass-Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge. Some protestors were explaining their message along the way.

"To end racism in our city, to dismantle white supremacy. In the system, because racism is a system and there’s people who are using the system to keep people oppressed," Aqueelah Sovereign Bey of Rochester said.

Counter protesters also came in support of the police. And it was these flag-carrying men who faced off with some in the crowd.

This Greece resident wants the violence for everybody to end.

"We should all be here for love and all come together and as you can see because I hold an American flag which that’s the ground I stand on, which in America, and I love America and I love everybody in it and that’s why I’m here," Randy Vancott of Greece said.

There was a police presence, and for the most part, they remained at a distance. 

State Police did stand in line at the opposite end of the bridge, and protestors exited peacefully. There were no violent clashes or incidents and police say nobody was arrested. The I-490 opened to traffic a short time later.

The group calls this a successful event because they did shut it down. They also say they plan to shut it down again very soon.