Topline
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Rudy Giuliani should be investigated for making a false police report, after Giuliani claimed to be painfully assaulted by a supermarket employee over the weekend—an incident Adams says he exaggerated.
JUNE 26th 2022: Rudy Giuliani – former Mayor of New York City and one-time personal lawyer to former … [+]
Key Facts
At a press conference, Adams reportedly called Guiliani “irresponsible” for insisting he was almost knocked over by a slap from a Staten Island ShopRite employee—even though surveillance video released by the New York Post shows Giuliani standing still after an employee touched his back.
Adams said the employee “basically walked by and patted [Giuliani] on the back” and noted that false police reports are illegal, suggesting the local district attorney—who charged the worker—“has the wrong person he is investigating,” according to Politico.
Giuliani said in a Facebook video he can’t be charged because he never filed a police report on the incident.
Crucial Quote
“Someone needs to remind former Mayor Giuliani that falsely reporting a crime is a crime,” Adams said at a press conference on Tuesday, according to the New York Times. “You can’t do sensationalism to carry out your own agenda, and you can’t use the police to carry out your own agenda.”
Key Background
Giuliani was campaigning in Staten Island on Sunday for his son Andrew’s gubernatorial run when the ShopRite employee made contact with his back. Giuliani claimed in a Facebook video the worker cuffed him in an assault that felt “as if a boulder hit me,” also recounting the incident as “a shot on my back, like someone shot me.” Employee Daniel Gill was initially charged with felony assault, but prosecutors later decreased the charges to misdemeanors, and Gill’s lawyers say he “merely patted” Giuliani. Giuliani claims the ShopRite incident was related to last week’s Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, previously saying Gill told him “You’re going to kill women,” the Times reported.
Further Reading
Man Accused of Hitting Giuliani Faces Lesser Charges After Video Emerges (The New York Times)
Rudy Giuliani should be investigated for reporting false crime, New York Mayor Eric Adams says (Politico)
Rudy Giuliani slapped by worker angry over abortion ruling at Staten Island supermarket (The New York Post)
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliecoleman/2022/06/28/nyc-mayor-adams-accuses-giuliani-of-filing-false-crime-report-after-supermarket-slap/