Illinois cops show just how stupid they can be...
Illinois cops go after this elderly couple, and probably let the real perp get away. 
Elderly couple swarmed by Ill. police, handcuffed after being mistaken for bank robbers
OAK PARK, Ill. (WLS/CNN) - A husband and wife from Illinois are upset and shaken after police detained them on suspicion of being armed bank robbers.
Demitri Dugar, 67, and her husband, 86-year-old Ottis Dugar, were on their way to Denny’s from an Oak Park, Illinois, bank when police surrounded them with guns drawn.
The couple was handcuffed and detained for about 40 minutes.
“I really had to think,” said Ottis Dugar, a retired City of Chicago worker and Korean War veteran. "If I would’ve made any false move, they would have started shooting.”
Officers thought the Dugars were armed suspects in a robbery that happened at the bank shortly after they left.
Authorities later admitted it was a case of mistaken identity based on the report of one eyewitness. A bank teller told police they had the wrong suspects.
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The police were) yelling, ‘Get out of the car. Put your hands up.’ And when I’m having a bad knee, I cannot get out,” Demitri, who was driving, told WLS. “They asked me, ‘Who’s in the car?’ I said, ‘My husband.’ ‘What’s his name?’ I said, ’It’s Ottis.' ‘Does he have a gun in the car?’ I said, ’No, we don’t have any guns.' ‘Well, if he’s got a gun in the car we’re going to shoot him.’”
snip--"City officials apologized for the mistake.
“It was a case of mistaken identity based on the initial report of an eye witness,” The Village of Oak Park said in a statement. “A show-up was conducted at the stop and the witness continued to say the individuals were the ones seen leaving the bank. However, a teller from the bank brought to the show up corrected the information. The couple was immediately released and officers involved in the incident apologized for the mistaken identity. Officers also said the couple did not express any anger or concern about the incident, which all occurred within just a few minutes.”
It is unclear if investigators captured the actual suspects."
Well, here is hoping the settlement is huge.