wrongly identified
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BBC News has also seen posts from Tuesday on X in which Grok wrongly identified Hill and Parsons as the officers involved in Nowak's arrest.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
The names of the wrongly identified men were shared in posts alongside calls to arrest them.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026
Jamie Turner, 34, of Northampton, was wrongly identified as one of a group of men shouting at pro-Palestinian protesters at Waterloo Station, London.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2023
From 1998 until his release in 2016, Mr. Rosario sent hundreds of handwritten letters to lawyers, advocates and other authorities, seeking evidence that witnesses had wrongly identified him at trial.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2022
There was a sanctuary of Consus on the Aventine, dedicated by L. Papirius Cursor in 272, in early times wrongly identified with the altar in the circus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various