Two hours of controlled fury ended with hundreds of arrests Wednesday after Sean Bell supporters blocked bridge and tunnel entrances in a bid to shut the city down.

Led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, they massed outside One Police Plaze and five other key locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn to protest the acquittal of three cops who killed Bell with a 50-bullet barrage on his wedding day.

"You are unlawfully obstructing vehicular traffic," Lt. John Wolf yelled through a bullhorn when Sharpton tried to lead a march across the Brooklyn Bridge. "I order you to leave the roadway now."

Sharpton refused, dropped to his knees, and started praying. Officers cuffed his hands behind his back and marched him to a waiting police van.

Police also arrested Bell's fiancee Nicole Paultre Bell and the two survivors of the Bell shooting, Trent Benefield and Joseph Guzman. They and about 200 other protesters were charged with disorderly conduct.

Earlier on the the Upper East Side, about 100 protesters waded into traffic and made for the Queensborough Bridge.

"Get on your knees! Get on your knees!" an organizer yelled.

And they did before the police, who greatly outnumbered the protesters, could stop them.

"It has nothing to do with race or being anti-NYPD," said demonstrator Antwan Minter, 31, of Harlem. "This is about basic human rights."

Within minutes, the demonstrators were in handcuffs and the bridge was reopened.

"I'm going to jail for Sean Bell," Dow Buford, 52, of Staten Island, said as he was led away. "I'm mad as hell."

Protesters briefly blocked the entrances to the Midtown and Holland tunnels before police arrested the ringleaders and dispersed the others.

In Harlem, about 90 people were arrested when they tried to block the entrance to the Triborough Bridge.

Sharpton promised the protests - aimed at pressuring the feds to try the Bell detectives on civil rights charges - would be peaceful.

Outside of a brief shoving match between Brooklyn councilman Charles Barron and cops, they largely were, police and protesters said.

Sharpton arrived at police headquarters a little before 4 p.m. holding Paultre Bell's hand. Also with them were Bell's parents, William and Valerie.

While the 500 or so demonstrators chanted "No justice, no peace," organizers went from protester to protester to take their names and find out if they would be willing to get arrested. They found about 65 volunteers.

"That's good," said William Bell, who chose not to get arrested. "It's all over the world. We really appreciate the love."

In Brooklyn, a crowd of 200 protestors led by Barron and Rev. Herbert Daughtry tried to march onto the Brooklyn Bridge from their side of the East River.

They were diverted to the Manhattan Bridge, where traffic to and from the city was blocked briefly before cops cleared them away. There were 23 arrests, including Barron and Daughtry.

Far smaller demonstrations were also planned in Chicago and Atlanta.

In Washington, representatives from the Detectives' Endowment Association met with members of the House Judiciary Committee and urged them not to press for federal charges against detectives Marc Cooper, Michael Oliver and Gescard Isnora.

Before the protests, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said cops didn't anticipate serious disruptions, but he made sure there were extra officers at each of the six protest sites.

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