A demonstration was held Saturday morning at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge to protest police shootings across the country and closer to home.

The Save OurSelves (S.O.S.) Movement for Justice and Democracy organized the demonstration.

The protestors chanted “Hands up, don’t shoot,” “I can’t breathe,” and “Show us the tape” in reference to the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., Eric Garner in New York City and Ananias Shaw in Selma.

Some of the group members laid down along the sidewalk of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, while five of the protestors lay across Highway 80, stopping traffic for about two minutes.

“What people don’t realize is we have the same problems in Selma,” said Rose Sanders, who organized the rally. “Show us the tape brings it right home to Selma.”

For the past two Wednesdays, Sanders and others protestors have marched in Selma asking the Selma Police Department to release video of Shaw’s death.

A Selma officer shot the 74-year-old to death in December. Shaw was wielding a hatchet and tried to rush one of the officers, according to Selma Police Chief William Riley.

The Alabama Bureau of Investigation and Dallas County Grand Jury both determined the officer acted correctly.

“I really believe the cop may be innocent, but we really need transparency,” Sanders said.

Tuskegee mayor Johnny Ford was one of the protestors. He has worked with S.O.S. on other marches, mainly concerning or voting rights.

“It sends a powerful message — to see black, white, Hispanic, a rainbow doing what people thought was old-fashioned or doesn’t work anymore,” Ford said. “That was a great message this morning.”

Young people from 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement participated. Executive coordinator Jerria Martin said they were they to make a stand for all human life and against senseless violence of all kind.

“We were here to stand in solidarity with those who are standing up for human life and taking a stand against violence against all people,” Martin said.