The Rev. Al Sharpton and dozens of others protesting on the streets of New York City against the acquittal of police officers in the Sean Bell case were arrested Wednesday for disorderly conduct.

Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton and numerous other people participating in a street protest against the acquittal of three NYPD detectives in the 2006 death of Sean Bell, were arrested Wednesday as they blocked traffic on bridges and tunnels in New York City.

Bell’s fiancée and two of his friends who survived the shooting were arrested along with Sharpton, who called on federal prosecutors to bring civil rights charges. The four protesters were holding hands as they blocked a street at the Brooklyn Bridge’s base, reports the Associated Press.

Some 200 demonstrators followed them, kneeling down in prayer and counting from 1 to 50, in reference to the 50 shots fired on Bell’s wedding day. Some carried signs reading, “We are all Sean Bell.”

“We are holding you all under arrest for disorderly conduct,” police announced before handcuffing Sharpton and others, reports Reuters. The arrestees were cuffed with plastic strips and led to police vans. They did not put up resistance and shouted, “We are all Sean Bell.”

Sharpton and the other three were released about four hours later, the reverend’s spokeswoman Rachel Noerdlinger said.

The killing of Bell has shocked and outraged New York’s black community. The unarmed man was killed in a hail of gunfire outside a strip club in Queens on Nov. 25, 2006, as he was leaving his bachelor party with two friends, Trent Benefield and Joseph Guzman. His friends would later recover from the wounds sustained.

Police officers were doing an undercover prostitution sting at the Kalua Cabaret and claimed that they heard Joseph Guzman saying, “Yo, go get my gun,” after a conflict with a man outside.

The three officers indicted were acquitted of state charges last month.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Wednesday that disciplinary action against the detectives was an option the department continued to examine.