FLINT, MI -- Protestors lined Saginaw Street in front of the Genesee County Jail holding signs and all chanting the same thing -- "arrest Gov. Snyder."

More than 150 people gathered in front of Flint City Hall on Friday, Jan. 8 to protest the city's water issues and call for the arrest of Gov. Rick Snyder. Some protestors held signs, wore t-shirts, and one person wore a jailhouse outfit and a papier-mache Rick Snyder head

Water activist and founder of Water You Fighting For, Melissa Mays said protestors want the governor to be arrested for the role they said he played in Flint's water crisis. Mays said the main point to the protest was people's feelings about the situation.

"The point is that the people aren't going to take it anymore, and we know that his oversight obviously has failed," Mays said. "The fact that he knew about the lead poisoning and did nothing. Inaction is just as bad as action."

Tiffany Mayers, of Flint, said she came out to the protest to show support and solidarity with other residents. Mayers said paying for something that is not safe to use is unfair.

"I drink the water too with a filter, and it's just not working," Mayers said. "Paying all the bills and trying to go out to the grocery store and buying extra water and then paying for water I can't use is not fair."

Ahmirah Porter, 9 of Flint, held up a sign that read "I've been poisoned by policy." Porter said she thinks the water has been poisoned and something needs to be done about it.

"I think Gov. Snyder needs to do something about the water," Porter said. "It's insane, and he should be fired."

Dave Murray, press secretary for Snyder, said in an email that people should be focused on working together.

"It's disappointing that some groups would use such rhetoric and aren't instead focused on joining the collaborative efforts to make sure all Flint residents have access to safe, clean water." Murray said in an email. "As Flint Mayor Karen Weaver said on Thursday, this is a partnership and we're looking at how we all can move Flint forward."

The organization We the People of Detroit brought about 9,000 gallons of bottled water to be distributed to Flint residents in need.

Monica Lewis-Patrick is with the organization and said they were responding to a call from Flint activists and residents. Lewis-Patrick said when Detroit held water protests, Flint residents showed up to show their support. She said now Detroit is showing their gratitude.

"It meant a lot to the citizens of Detroit when Flint showed up for us when the water was shut off on us and continues to be shut off." Lewis-Patrick said. "We continue to work together."

Mays said she was moved by the act of solidarity coming from Detroit. She said it meant a lot to have a city that is also going through a water crisis show support for Flint.

"They went out of their way to in less than 24 hours round up 9,000 gallons and bring them up here to us," Mays said. "That means so much to me, I can't say thank you enough because we need it to protect our kids."

Mays said the water will be distributed to people who are unable to get out and get it.

Snyder has been under mounting pressure for the Flint water crisis, including national criticism for the role state-appointed managers have played in the city.

Flint was run by a succession of emergency managers from 2011 until April 2015, and remains under state oversight with a Receivership Transition Advisory Board appointed by the governor still in place.

During that period, the city's drinking water source was temporarily changed from water supplied by the Detroit water system to the Flint River, a move that at the time was hailed for saving Flint millions of dollars in a short period of time.

The water arrangement soured, however, after questions were raised about health risks and elevated blood levels found after the switch.