fired minneapolis officer derrick chauvin is charged with third degree murder and manslaughter. >> i'm not insensitive to what's happened in the streets. my job is to do it only when we have sufficient evidence we have it today. >> reporter: state charging documents allege that chauvin had his knee on floyd's neck for 2:53 in all the complaint said chauvin had his knee on floyd's neck for more than eight minutes. no response yet from chauvin's attorney the third night of protest has been the most violent by far for hours anarchy, rioters breached and burned this evacuated police precinct other buildings crumbled local police and firefighters retreated. it's a scene of utter chaos. right now this fire is raging out of control and smoke is billowing into the air can be seen for miles at daybreak, the destruction devastated this south minneapolis community. >> i'm a grown man just standing here, you know, teared up. >> reporter: anger over one man's death had turned into much more, an explosion of furry over years of mistreatment. >> this city knew it was coming they knew it was coming. >

officers involved have been fired the one who was pinning floyd to the floor has been identified as derrick chauvin he was previously investigated over another death a fatal shooting in 2006 as well as though over other shooting incidents in 20082011 another policeman identified on the video toto reportedly being sued in the past over excessive use of force activist michelle gross told us the police think they can act with impunity. is essential that these that these officers face murder charges you know and sack them that not just today face murder charges but they should be arrested right now one of the reasons that people the community are so upset is this officers are still running the streets and these are dangerous man and they're running the streets and they haven't been arrested and if any of us and the videotape monitoring the man we will all be in the jail waiting for our trials we're not going to be able to calm the community down at all until we see that these officers are arrested these officers really have a sense of you know impunity that there's nothing going you know that they will

cities over the death of a black man at the hands of a white police officer that officer derrick chauvin has now been charged with george floyd's murder but it's done little to dampen the anger as we take you around the country starting in minneapolis itself where floyd died while being arrested on monday demonstrators defied a curfew and a large deployment of the national guard a bank was set on fire and a department store was looted as well. this is the largest civilian deployment in minnesota history that we have out there today and quite candidly right now we do not have the numbers we cannot arrest people when we're trying to hold ground because of the sheer size the dynamics and the wanton violence that's coming out there but as you've seen there's already shots being fired back at our people this arson that is taking place puts many people at risk are firefighters are specifically and very open to target ok so that was minneapolis this is the nation's capital washington d.c. the white house actually went into a brief lockdown as crowds for with police and in atlanta georgia the c.

demanding justice for the killing of a black man at the hands of a white policeman now that officer derrick chauvin has been charged with george floyd's murder but it's done little to calm down the protesters john. hendrick begins our coverage from minneapolis. a curfew in a murder charge against a police officer failed to bring calm to minneapolis. the city's new curfew beginning 8 pm some protesters responded by setting buildings on fire hundreds of others continued to peacefully protest the death of a black man george floyd after his arrest by a white policeman. who are. also very children who was fired shortly after floyd's arrest on monday 'd has now been charged with his murder but it's made little difference on the city's turbulent south sunne demonstrators defied the curfew and a large deployment of the national guard some took out their anger on businesses such as the department store and occasionally journalists. others lined up to challenge police who answered with tear gas but failed to control the unrest the national guard troops have been blocking roads and they've been protecting fir

tonight actually began when george floyd was still alive and the last minutes of his life when derrick chauvin was looking at the protesters when they were telling him to stop doing that. that's where this protest began. >> yeah, and i'll say this also about mr. frasier, having covered these stories, i was concerned for her safety because the person who captures the video in the eric garner case was harassed by police subsequently. the person who captured the video in the walter scott case in south carolina where a man was shot in the back by police fatally, that person was ha harassed. i was immediately concerned saying i hope this young person is okay. i mean, this is -- she's insulated from the behavior that we saw in response to other people who had done, you know, similarly heroic stuff under these circumstances. >> you wrote today that this is a disturbing and horrifying story but not surprising. >> no. i mean, i don't see -- i mean, i don't know how many of these stories we covered quite frankly. i covered trayvon martin. i covered eric garner. i covered freddie gray in baltimore. you k

. >>> we'll turn to the reaction to the arrest of the fired police officer derrick chauvin from floyd's family and supporters and celebrities weighing in now. abc's marcus moore is also right there in minneapolis this morning. good morning to you, marcus. >> reporter: good morning. we are outside the corner store where george floyd lost his life and can you see the memorial in the distance. it is continuing to grow, along with calls for justice across the country. the anger and sadness over george floyd's death at the hands of a police officer seen across the nation. now friends and family are speaking out about the arrest of derek chauvin as we learn new details about floyd's past. according to the owner of this minneapolis nightclub both floyd and chauvin worked security. the owner telling me about floyd's time at the club. >> sweet as pie. very respectful. big smile. >> reporter: floyd's family and friends enduring a nightmare. our affiliate ktsp with floyd's girlfriend as she learned of chauvin's arrest. >> this is a piece of justice. this is the first piece and it needed to -- it n

probably a good bit easier for prosecutors to charge derrick chauvin because he was the one seen on video physically choking and kneeling on the neck of george floyd. an interesting charge, as i said a little while ago. third-degree murder. a lot of people wonder what in the world is third-degree murder. it's a category of murder defined in thelies of three states in the country, florida, papadopoulos, and minnesota, which happened in minneapolis so there is a third-degree option in minneapolis and the state of minnesota. so that is why. we'll get details exactly why prosecutors believe third-degree murder was the correct charge there. the other three officers will quite likely, most people would say will face charges of some sort as the investigation continues. >> if you're just joining us, we've been in breaking news coverage since about 3:00, 3:15, 3:20 this afternoon since protesters took over highway 101 in san jose. protesting george floyd's death in minneapolis, and after a blockade in which they blocked traffic for about an hour, chp did manage to have the protesters just walk pea

bail was set at half a million dollars for fired minneapolis police officer derrick chauvin who was arrestedree murder and manslaughter charges in connection with floyd's death. the other three fired officers have not yet been charged. deep in the middle of a pandemic, hundreds of mask-wearing demonstrators took to the streets of minneapolis demanding justice. on the west coast, demonstrators blocked busy roadways in oakland and los angeles. some in portland were setting fires. jeff pegues with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. every day that we wake up here in this city, we see more damage rather than less. and obviously that's not what city or state officials want. they want to try to calm things down. and that's why they instituted this curfew last night at 8:00 p.m. which the protesters defied. what we're seeing this morning -- firefighters hard at work putting out more flames and smoke down this street. we see at least three to four fire engines. they're trying to douse the smoke and the flames. just beyond these firefighters see absolute rubble. so that is obviously a buil