NEW YORK CITY — For a second straight day, protests are being held in various locations across the five boroughs to denounce a grand jury’s decision in Kentucky not to bring charges against three Louisville police officers for the death of Breonna Taylor.

Only one of the officers was charged in connection with the incident at all - and that officer's charges are related to bullets that went into neighbors' homes.

In Brooklyn, protesters gathered at McCarren Park before marching through the streets of Brooklyn, including onto the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, where bicyclists stopped traffic to allow the protesters to march, and across the Willamsburg Bridge. 

"I have very strong feelings of identity as an American, both in terms of the values that we have, but also just, the history that we have of trying to improve our democracy and trying to perfect our democracy in a lot of ways, and I've been steeped in a lot of history in civil rights and social justice and things like that," said one protester. "And so I'm part of that heritage, that heritage lives in me as an American, and I'm continuing that here today."

The protesters then walked through Chinatown and onto the Manhattan Bridge, where they then crossed back over into Brooklyn.

The route was similar to a route taken during the George Floyd protests during the summer.

The protesters were followed by police vehicles as they walked.

They held signs and chanted Taylor's name.

"I don't think anyone here is surprised at the injustice of the criminal justice system," said another. "I don't think people expected much else, but I think people want to show America that we do expect something else. We're not surprised at this, but we should not be unsurprised by the injustice that was handed down."

Earlier, more than 100 protesters gathered in Maria Hernandez Park in Bushwick said they felt like their voices are not being heard, and that Wednesday's decision showed that they need to keep protesting to bring their message to the public.

"If something happened to you, we would be just as upset. If something unjust happened to you, we would be just as motivated for change. If something happened to you, we would cry the same tears," said Paperboy Prince, a rapper from Brooklyn who recently ran for Congress.

The protest was peaceful, but one "counter-protester" who disagreed with the people at the rally was removed by organizers after it was determined they were trying to stir up trouble.

In Manhattan, a group of protesters marched in the streets of the West Village and stopped to demonstrate outside of the home of City Council Speaker Corey Johnson.

Johnson, who announced Thursday that he will not run for mayor next year, has taken some heat from protesters who say the Council's cuts to the NYPD in the budget did not go far enough.

Large protests were held in Manhattan and Brooklyn Wednesday evening, in the immediate aftermath of the grand jury decision.

Protesters at one event initially gathered at Barclays Center and then walked over the Manhattan Bridge.

Another group initially gathered at Trump Tower and then walked through the streets of Midtown.