“I don’t think it’s necessary for us to challenge the police,” Occupier Ryan Mosgrove said. “I don’t think it’s even necessary to get arrested in this situation to get our point across.”

“I was just happy to see the demonstration,” said Mosgrove, 22. “Just all the people coming out there for one specific goal that we need jobs, we don’t need cuts. That we need to rebuild the Charlestown Bridge.”

Boston police Superintendent-In-Chief Daniel Linskey, who along with several bicycle and motorcycle police officers blocked traffic along the route, said union organizers coordinated with police in planning the march, and contained unruly elements inside of it.

“The anarchists tried to take it over, but the union organizers wouldn’t let them,” Linskey said, referring to a small group that he said attempted to challenge cops at the bridge. “They actually stopped them before they reached the (police line).”