During a media appearance on Tuesday, Adams commented on the incident involving a ShopRite employee who hit Giuliani in the back while the latter was in the store on Sunday. Giuliani later accused the employee, 39-year-old Daniel Gill, of hitting him so hard that it felt like a shot. He also claimed that Gill’s blow could have caused him to fall and crack his skull. However, CCTV footage of the incident did not appear to show Giuliani losing his balance after Gill’s hand came in contact with his back. Gill was initially charged with second-degree assault, a felony charge. The charge was reduced Monday to a third-degree assault misdemeanor charge, along with two additional charges of third-degree threat and second-degree harassment. “One has to remind former mayor Giuliani that a false report of a crime is a crime,” Adams said. “From what he said about the blow to the head, it felt like a bullet – from what he said, there was a lot of creativity. And I think the district attorney has the wrong person to investigate.” “Falsely reporting a crime is a crime. If this video did not exist, then this person would have been accused of punching the former mayor. He would have been charged with all these crimes that did not take place,” Adams added. “What if we didn’t have the video? This person would have been charged with a serious crime when all he did was hit the guy in the back,” Adams said. Giuliani responded to Adams by calling him “fucking rubbish” in an interview with the New York Post. “He does not know what he is talking about. I did not file a complaint. His police department submitted the report. The police department was investigating. Police interviewed witnesses,” Giuliani told the agency.
