Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Ottawa Saturday, demanding answers following the death a Somali-Canadian man involved in a confrontation with Ottawa police.

Marchers shouted “justice for Abdirahman” and “black lives matter” as they walked several kilometres in the name of 37-year-old Abdirahman Abdi, who died after an altercation with Ottawa police officers on a sidewalk following a disturbance call nearly a week ago.

Abdi’s funeral was held in Ottawa on Friday, where Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and Ontario cabinet minister Bob Chiarelli called for patience while Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit probes the circumstances of Abdi’s death.

On Saturday, demonstrators chanted outside Ottawa Police headquarters as they called for more transparency into the investigation into Abdi’s death.

“We want to know what’s going on, and we want the officers to have some form of cameras on their person at all times so we know exactly how they’re dealing with situations like this,” march organizer Chi-chi Ayalogu-Okonkwo told CTV Ottawa.

Protesters also called for the removal of the two officers at the centre of the SIU investigation.

“We want them to be taken off and suspended until the investigation is completed,” said march organizer Wangui Kimari.

The march comes on the same day as an annual basketball game that’s meant to build relationships between the public and Ottawa police.

Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau told reporters there that it’s critical to continue these types of community-building events.

Bordeleau also confirmed that both the officers involved remain on the police force, however neither currently have frontline policing duties.

“One officer is on leave and the other officer is conducting investigative work right now,” Bordeleau told CTV Ottawa.

With tensions high, former mediator Moe Royer is reminding all affected parties to keep an open mind.

“The officers go through a great deal of pain as well, and their families, and we should not forget that,” Royer said.

However, march organizers say they won’t be satisfied until the full SIU report is made public.

With a report by CTV Ottawa’s Megan Shaw