Wikipedia is ultra-easy to research for history. The date and footnote were removed by "UpstateCops" on 2023-07-03 with the summary "tidying and various updates". User identifies as a New York criminal justice student. Of course anyone can reinsert the omitted clause at any time, as when there's no edit-warring going on it's just the word of the last person to have touched the paragraph. If reinsertion is fought, that might be more evidence of nefariousness.
Wikipedia is ultra-easy to research for history. The date and footnote were removed by "UpstateCops" on 2023-07-03 with the summary "tidying and various updates". User identifies as a New York criminal justice student. Of course anyone can reinsert the omitted clause at any time, as when there's no edit-warring going on it's just the word of the last person to have touched the paragraph. If reinsertion is fought, that might be more evidence of nefariousness.