yesterday. the video then freezes to show a handgun in his waistband. then he appears to pull the gun as police officers open fire. augustus died. and it set off a wave of furious protests last night in chicago, people attacked police officers with rocks and bottles. they damaged patrol cars. but more than anything, they put voices to their anger. cnn's ryan young is there now for us. ryan, has the release now of this body cam footage done anything to bring down the tension on the streets? >> reporter: well, we believe so. it's still early. we thought there would be a larger protest crowd here. the crowd is smaller in nature. across the street is where the shooting happened and just across the street from there this is where protesters have gathered. of course, we talked about that video that's been released. but that is the small protest crowd that's here. that's a big remarkable difference from last night when this entire street was covered not only in officers but