Activists unhappy with the new police commissioner "occupied" Baltimore City Hall on Wednesday night and said they wouldn't leave until a list of their demands were met. The demands included "changes to police tactics and significant investment in education and social services."

Members of the Baltimore Bloc had begun shouting from the upper gallery of a conference room as a city council subcommittee prepared to vote for Kevin Davis as permanent commissioner. The full council will vote on the appointment Monday.

"All night, all day, we will fight for Freddie Gray!" the activists chanted amid calls to postpone the vote. "No justice, no peace!"

After the vote, the activists refused to leave. "Police spokesman T.J. Smith said in an email that less than 50 protesters were inside and that police were “monitoring the situation."

A spokesman for the group said the protesters would not leave until Davis and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake agreed to a list of demands. Among them: that police avoid using military-type equipment such as armored vehicles, and only use riot gear as a last resort to protect officers.

In addition, they are asking police to be “more tolerant of minor law breaking,” such as the throwing of water bottles, “when deciding whether to escalate the use of force.”

Davis said of the protest that it was an "act of civil disobedience" that "is just part of this moment."

"It’s all part of the healing process," he said. "The fact that this occurred isn’t upsetting. It’s just part of where the city is right now. I understand where they are. I understand their frustration. … I promised the citizens of Baltimore and the protesters that I’ll be the type of police commissioner that they deserve. This is just part of where the city is right now, and if we’re going to get to the other side of this, we have to go through these moments."

If he approved by the entire council, Davis' contract will run until 2020 and his salary will be $200,000.