Protests are continuing in New York City over incoming Mayor Bill de Blasio’s appointment of William Bratton as the next police commissioner. Bratton returns to the job after leading the New York City Police Department in the mid-1990s, when he embraced a controversial strategy of cracking down on low-level offenses. De Blasio campaigned on a promise to curb the NYPD’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy, but Bratton actually expanded the program while heading the Los Angeles police. On Friday, the parents of victims shot dead by police under Bratton’s watch led a protest march from Harlem to the Bronx. Nicholas Heyward Sr. lost his 13-year-old son after police mistook the boy’s toy rifle for a real gun.

Nicholas Heyward Sr.: “I’m angry today. I’ve been angry since hearing that Bill de Blasio has chosen Bill Bratton to be the next police commissioner again. You see, back in 1994, my son was murdered, and he was gunned down by a New York City police officer. Whether it was housing or just a city officer, you should have addressed that issue. But he failed to do that. This protest is, you have parents and family out here who had their innocent loved ones that were killed. That’s what we’re talking about. We do not wish for William Bratton to be the police commissioner of New York City again.”

Organizers say they plan to continue protests at de Blasio’s inauguration on Wednesday.