Man Charged For Shooting Of Two Ferguson Officers – Tha Wire [VIDEO]

Today in Tha Wire, a man is arrested and charged in recent police shooting in Ferguson and K-Dot drops his new LP ahead of release date because of leak.

Yahoo News reports, 20-year old Jeffrey Williams is custody and has been charged in connection with the recent shooting in Ferguson, that left two police officers injured.  St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said Williams claimed he wasn't shooting at the officers, but someone he had beef with amongst the protesters.  McCulloch said of his story, "We're not sure we completely buy that part of it."  Both officers are expected to make full recoveries.

Williams has been charged with two counts of first-degree assault, one count of firing a weapon from a vehicle and three counts of armed criminal action. He shot the officers during a recent demonstration in Ferguson after the Justice Department report revealed widespread racial bias in the police department.

Though an investigation continues, McCulloch said tips from the public led to Williams arrest and that empty shell casings found at the scene, match his handgun.  St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said Williams is being held on $300,000 bond.

So was Williams part of the protests?  One of the organizers says not.  By the way, find out how many Ferguson officials have resigned since the Justice Departments racial bias report was released.  The details are below inside Tha Wire.

Since the March 4 Justice Departments report was released, six Ferguson officials, including Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson, have resigned or been fired.

Finally the stage was set for the release of Kendrick Lamar's highly anticipated sophomore album, To Pimp a Butterfly, until an unexpected leak.  TheBoomBox reports the album dropped yesterday (March 14), it wasn't all bad beings yesterday also marked the 20th anniversary of Tupac Shakur’s Me Against the World album.  K-Dot even made a reference to Pac's classic LP tweeting,“Yesterday. March 14th. Was a Special day.  20 yrs. Later. Keep calm. All is well.”

As far as the unexpected leak of hisTo Pimp a Butterfly. The rapper is furious and whole heartily blames his label, Interscope Records for the mistake.  According to TheBoomBox a few days after the track “King Kunta” leaked, the whole album was online. The original release date was Monday March 23, but do to the circumstances K-Dot was forced to drop it early.

Lamar's camp isn't happy either.  The CEO of Top Dawg Entertainment, Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith, expressed his frustration with Interscope on Twitter and wrote. “I WOULD LIKE 2 PERSONALLY THANK @Interscope FOR F—ING UP OUR RELEASE… SOMEBODY GOTS 2 PAY 4 THIS MISTAKE !!!! #TOP.”

On the bright side, Kendrick Lamar fans now have full access to the album on iTunes. The LP features his Grammy Award-winning lead off single “i,” and tackles everything from racism to sexism, poverty and social issues.  By the way, Lamar graces the March 2015 cover of Rolling Stone Magazine and said of his new conscious project, “There’s some stuff in there, man. It’s a roller coaster. It builds.”

Get more on the Ferguson story and todays celeb birthdays inside Tha Wire now!