Kamel Harris was released from Cook County Jail last year after spending 2.5 years in lockup awaiting trial.
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Harris has now filed a lawsuit seeking $2 million from the city.
He was accused in the death of 2-year-old Kyrian Knox.
No one else has ever been arrested for the crime.
The toddler’s dismembered body parts were found dumped in the Garfield Park Lagoon back in 2015.