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The footage shows Gill tapping Giuliani in the back before verbally engaging the former mayor. Gill’s attorneys have maintained their client “merely patted” Giuliani. According to The Guardian, Giuliani said the man accused him of being “a woman killer,” which he took as a reference to the supreme court ruling overturning the right to abortion.

The Legal Aid Society agreed with Mayor Adams stating the action was a simple “pat on the back.” Adams went on to talk about the store footage in question.

From ABC 7 NY:

“I saw that video,” Adams said. “I’m sure all of you who saw the video, you have to ask yourself, he stated, if he did not feel so heroic, or whatever, he would have fallen to the ground...The guy basically walked by and patted him on the back. I don’t know if he said, ‘congratulations,’ I don’t know what he said to him. But it was clear that he was not punched in the head. It was clear that it didn’t feel like a bullet. It was clear that he wasn’t about to fall to the ground.”