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Yusef Salaam
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “new yorker who was convicted in the 1989 central park rape case”. Today it says “american politician”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Activist (born 1974)”. It now reads “American activist and politician (born 1974)”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Yusef Salaam (b. around 1974 ) is a New Yorker who was convicted in the 1989 Central Park rape case. He was exonerated in 2002 . v t e1
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “new yorker who was convicted in the 1989 central park rape case”. Today it says “american politician”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Activist (born 1974)”. It now reads “American activist and politician (born 1974)”. Read the current article and compare.
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new yorker who was convicted in the 1989 central park rape case
Now
american politician
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