Update: The man who slapped Giuliani released on his own recognizance

NEW YORK (AP) — A heckler who slapped former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the back at a campaign event is back on the street–after being released on his own recognizance. 39 year old Daniel Gill was arrested after an altercation Sunday while Giuliani was at a Staten Island supermarket campaigning for his son Andrew Giuliani. Video obtained by the the New York Post shows a man touching Giuliani with an open palm. Giuliani says it felt like “a boulder” hit him. The Legal Aid Society says in a statement that the man merely patted Giuliani and that Giuliani was not injured.  Charges against the suspect were downgraded from second to third degree assault.