Minneapolis: Protests Over George Floyd’s Death Erupt.

Minneapolis: Protests Over George Floyd’s Death Erupt Across The U.S. Everyone officials in Minneapolis hoping for calm tonight. After a former police officer was charged with murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd as firefighters cooled the Flames from another night of unrest and destruction the County Attorney announced that there was enough evidence to prove Derek show veins guilt Beyond A Reasonable Doubt on Monday. The now-fired officer pins Floyd's neck to the ground for several minutes as he pleaded he couldn't breathe our Gabe.

Whereas in Minneapolis tonight game, what's the mood on the ground right now?

Lester calm so far the mayor here is just imposed in nighttime curfew this weekend. There's also a bigger police presence but is unclear is whether that might ramp up tensions after an arrest at many protesters here had been waiting for Tonight after days of anger pain and protests and arrests connected to the death of George Floyd fired Minneapolis officer, Derek Chauvin is now 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 State charging documents allege that Chauvin had his knee on Floyd's neck for 2 minutes and 53 seconds after Floyd became Unresponsive, according to body camera video in all the complaint says Chauvin had his knee on Floyd's neck for more than eight minutes.

No response yet from shogun's attorney.

The third night of protests had been the most violent by far for hours Anarchy rioters breached and burn 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.

Standing here, you know teared up anger over one man's death had turned into much more an explosion of Fury over years of mistreatment this city knew it was coming.

Do you know it was coming Lynette visor has lived here all her life?

Yes, wait here for the wars here.

Do something about it. This is the thing the police department today Minnesota Governor Tim. Walz promised to restore order and directly criticized local leaders for an inadequate response.

The reason we're standing here today is if this would have been executed correctly. The state would not lead on this that did not happen.

The mayor has not yet responded.

The governor. I also apologized to CNN after the state patrol arrested three of its journalists on live television even as looters and Vandals.

Allowed to run free I am deeply apologetic that this happened it is wrong. It is unacceptable and we needed to correct it.

I just hope we can recover from this today's arrest was the news longtime resident Kirsten Olesen at been waiting for I am a statically happy James Lawson is more skeptical.

I feel like there's a little bit of sigh of relief, but I said, what about the other three the county attorney says an investigation is underway into The other three fired officers and he anticipates charges new video from a different angle shows two of the officers not seen before side by side on the ground next officer Chauvin during the incident late today the attorney for Floyd family responded to the arrest.

They're a little relieved today that the officer was finally arrested.

However, they wanted the charges to be first-degree murder for the fourth night. A city is on edge wondering if one officer's arrest is enough to diffuse the tension or whether the anger runs too deep Gabe Gutierrez NBC News Minneapolis.

I'm Blaine Alexander miles from Minneapolis anger frustration pouring into the streets of America. That could be my father. That could be my brother.

That could be me from Atlanta to Boston you see Listen to Memphis demonstrations turned violent in Denver when a car plowed through protesters, no one was seriously injured the young black woman. I'm used to not being heard but this one hits different for many.

The Death of George Floyd only piling onto the mounting anger over the deaths of a mod Armory and Brianna Taylor the 26-year-old EMT shot at least eight times last March by police officers who stormed into her home serving a Narcotics search warrant as she and her boyfriend.

Slept overnight in her hometown of Louisville gunshots ripped through this crowd of protesters injuring seven. These shots came from within the crowd not from police officers the peaceful protests erupting into violence on the same day the world heard this frantic nine one one call from Taylor's boyfriend.

Happy somebody in the door inside. My girlfriend police say the officers knocked and identified themselves.

Taylor's family says they did neither. Either stay alert and able to talk to you.

No, she's not free you better an apartment before.

Kenneth Walker who says he thought the officers were Intruders fired a shot that injured one officer. The officers have not been charged and Taylor's family says no drugs were ever found in the house. The police Union has not returned requests for comment Taylor's family thanking protesters.

But begging for peace, please go home.

Be safe and be ready to keep fighting no matter what's done. No matter how many protests it keeps happening gathering in the midst of a pandemic protesters say they are now forced to fight a different.

Virus racism lady Alexander NBC News Atlanta and also late today protesters in San Jose California made their way onto Highway 101 bringing the highway to standstill traffic backed up unable to move a major situation that was developing they're and there were also protests growing in New York City and be seized, Ron Allen. Is there Ron what's the scene?

Lester our second day of protests of we can't breathe rally here in New York support for George Floyd at Minneapolis.

But also an echo of the Eric Garner case here. It's been six years since that incident in Staten Island Garner killed at the hands of NYPD police six years later. No one charged with any criminal offense.

We've her a chance of I can't breathe hands up. Don't shoot we've seen the rest here. There were 70 or our last night in protest a lot of energy a lot. Intensity years of grievance here being vented on the streets of New York Buster. All right, Ron Allen in New York. Thank you.

We've been on the air now for just over eight minutes and that's just about the same length of time prosecutors. Say that officer had his knee on George Floyd's neck eight minutes and 46 seconds is Floyd first pleaded that he couldn't breathe and then became unresponsive in a restraint that is especially dangerous.

And as our Justice correspondent Pete Williams reports. It's not the first time. I'm its head deadly consequences. It's such disturbing video George Floyd handcuffed lying on his stomach with a police officer's knee on his neck for nearly nine minutes as he begs for breath.

I can grieve but it's not the first time a Minneapolis police officer has used a widely criticized tactic that can turn fatal Minneapolis paid three million dollars in 2013 to settle a lawsuit in the case of David Smith who died after police pinned him face down with an officer's knee on his Back the family's lawyer Robert Bennett told our Minneapolis station Ka re the tactic is a killing mechanism.

It's really no different than strangling somebody Baltimore and the state of Maryland paid 1 million dollars three years ago to settle a lawsuit brought by the relatives of Tyrone West who died after police suspected drugs during a traffic stop laid him on the ground face down and sat on him an independent autopsy said he suffocated about half a million times year police restrained subjects.

The Rest by putting them face down but many departments now discourage or even ban putting pressure on the back or neck in that position 25 years ago a justice department bulletin warned that the technique can cause sudden death. It said a person lying on his stomach has trouble breathing when pressure is applied to his back as soon as the person is handcuffed. It said to get him off his stomach most police departments now say one subject is handcuffed.

They should be rolled over or allowed to sit or stand experts on policing you. Virtually condemn what happened in Minneapolis? There hasn't been one person one police chief anyone. I've talked to who doesn't see this exactly the same way the police officer and those who were there that day. They failed George Floyd the charges filed today say police are trained that this kind of restraint putting an eon a subject who's lying face-down is inherently dangerous Lester.

Thanks, President Trump late today saying he is reached out to George Floyd's family, but he's also Sending a tweet about Minneapolis that Twitter flag for quote glorifying violence meantime former Vice President Biden and former President Obama are also responding with that.

Here's Peter Alexander someday. They will tonight President Trump says, he's spoken to the family of George Floyd. I understand the hurt. I understand the pain people have really been through a lot. The family of George is entitled to Justice and the people of Minnesota and the title. To live in safety also talking about these scenes in Minneapolis.

The looters should not be allowed to drown out the voices of so many peaceful protesters.

They hurt so badly earlier the president addressed a new break with China from the Rose Garden but walked out without making any mention of Minnesota, but it was this tweet that led Twitter to place a label on the president's comments for the second time this week the president overnight tweeting.

These thugs are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd and I won't let That happen any difficulty and we will assume control but when the Looting starts the shooting starts Twitter posting a public interest notice saying the Tweet violated the company's rules about glorifying violence. The decision the company says was based on the historical context of the president's words and the risk, it could Inspire similar actions today during the Civil uprisings of the late 60s.

Miami's police chief credited the calm there with his get-tough warning quote. I've let the word filter down that when the Looting starts the shooting It's late tonight the president trying to clarify. I don't know where it came from. I don't know where it originated. It's very accurate in the sense that when you do have looting like you had last night people often get shot and they die and that's not good and we don't want that to happen.

The president earlier calling Minneapolis has Democratic mayor Jacob Frye very week saying he needs to bring the city under control weakness is pointing your finger at somebody else during a time of Crisis Donald Trump knows.

Nothing about the strength of Minneapolis.

Former Vice President Joe Biden saying he also spoke to Floyd's family. This is a national crisis. We need real leadership right now leadership that will bring everyone to the table so we can take measures to root out systemic racism and former President Obama weighing in this shouldn't be normal in 2020 America. It can't be normal. If we want our children to grow up in a nation that lives up to its highest ideals.

We can and must be better also tonight President Trump announced. He's ending u.s. Is a relationship with the World Health Organization saying the agency is totally controlled by China who he blames for the outbreak and he's promising to sanction

Chinese officials for their new move threatening freedoms in Hong Kong Lester Peter Alexander at the White House tonight? Thanks, NBC News fans. Thanks for checking out our YouTube channel subscribe by clicking on that button down here and click on any of the videos over here to watch the latest interviews show highlights