LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Second Street Bridge, also known as the Clark Memorial Bridge, was closed for several hours when protesters drove onto Monday morning, got out of their cars and demonstrated.

The Louisville Metro Police Department said 33 people were arrested and 19 cars were towed away before the bridge reopened around 2:30 p.m., more than three hours after it closed.

Louisville Metro Police responded with several officers and police vehicles. On the Kentucky side of the bridge, near the KFC Yum! Center, a small group of protesters formed and tried to join that group on the bridge, but officers wouldn't allow it. That led to a kind of face-off with protesters shouting and yelling at the police.

Second Street Bridge Protesters

Protesters clash with Louisville Metro Police officers at the base of the Clark Memorial Bridge on Monday, June 29. (WDRB Photo)

A post on a Black Lives Matter Facebook page stated that it was a "nice day to shut down the bridge." 

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