Rain did not deter dozens of protesters from coming together in several locations around the city and marching for Black Lives Matter.

In Brooklyn, marchers gathered in Fort Greene Park before walking across the Manhattan Bridge into Manhattan.

Those protesters met up at Madison Square Park with groups that walked from McCarren Park across the Williamsburg Bridge, and from Queensbridge across the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.

Two people who were not part of the protests but witnessed demonstrators walking by in Fort Greene said they supported the message.

"It makes me feel appreciated, like I'm important. I'm heard. You understand what I'm saying?" said Shania Murray, who witnessed the protests. "A lot of people don't hear us. So sometimes, we have to take it to other levels, you understand what I'm saying? Like this right here, marching to get our point across."

"I think it's a great movement that they're doing because it's just too much injustice all the time and it's time to stand for time to change," said Derek Martin, who also witnessed the protests.

An organizer, Selu, told NY1's Ron Lee it was important to march in solidarity with the tens of thousands who turned out in Washington, D.C. Friday for the “Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks” rally, marking 57 years since the march on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

But it is also important, the organizer said, not to let the message get lost as the protests dissipate.

“This is an action to kind of bring everybody together and create as much noise as possible,” Selu said, “because what I’ve noticed is a lot of the protests seem to be dying down here in the city. Our message is being lost as people return back to work. So what we’re hoping today is that people will put their daily lives on hold so that we can get this really important message across that people are dying and that people are still affected by this. Whether it’s in the news or if it’s still a hashtag, it still exists.”​