This is obviously absolutely tragic and a terrible loss of life.
That being said, it is frustrating to me that the NYPD will use this incident to further their complaints about de Blasio, Sharpton, etc. Prior to this, they were whining that de Blasio dared to call them out of the racial disparities in policing in New York, and now to a select group of idiots, this incident legitimizes their complaints.
This was wrong and never should have happened. de Blasio's statements about the police were still very correct. These two things are not mutually exclusive.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.