Allegations:
Two officers stopped Cook on the street and told him detectives wanted to talk to him at the police station. They refused to tell Cook why the detectives wanted to talk to him. Although Cook agreed to go to the station, the officers placed him in handcuffs, took him to the station and put him in an interrogation room, where he waited for two hours. A detective came in and showed Cook two security camera stills of a young African-American male, approximately 17 years old and with a Mohawk haircut, robbing a gas station. Cook, who was 49 and balding at the time, didn't resemble the person in the security stills. Before his arrest, Cook was misidentified as the individual in the photos by Officer Eng. Cook had encountered Eng on the streets in his neighborhood, including at the gas station where the robbery occurred. As a result, Cook was charged with burglary and spent six weeks at Cook County Jail before posting bond. He was found not guilty of the charge.