[wtd]

This took place in Queens, not Manhattan where tourists roam with cameras at the ready. This incident involved FOUR 'rookie' cops and all four were distracted too easily.

According to the "Gothamist",

• A hatchet-wielding man was shot dead and four NYPD officers, plus a bystander, are injured after police responded to an assault in Jamaica Queens.

• Was there really an assault?

• Was it this a coordinated set up?

• Is it normal to have 4 rookies respond to the same call?

[Conscience of a Conservative]

Is it normal to have 4 rookies respond to the same call?

It is normal to flood high-crime areas with rookie cops (Operation Impact), typically walking a beat on foot. If there was an assault/dispute in such an areal, it would not be unusual for a number of rookies to respond.