A former Naperville North High School student is taking legal shots at the City of Naperville and two of its police officers, seeking a hefty $20 million in damages after allegations she stole a classmate's AirPods led to a jury declaring her not liable. Amara Harris, who just tossed her graduation cap with a degree from Spelman College, filed the federal lawsuit accusing the city of flexing its power unjustly, wrongfully accusing her of theft, and ultimately trampling over her civil rights, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Filed this Tuesday, the lawsuit details Harris' claim that she was subjected to racial discrimination and an array of intimidation tactics, leading to "economic damages, emotional distress, humiliation, loss of dignity and other injuries," as her attorney Rev. S. Todd Yeary explained, as per Chicago Tribune. It all started back in 2019, when a Naperville police officer, stationed at the high school, slapped her with a ticket for supposedly swiping another student's fancy earbuds. Harris, backing her innocence, refused to pay up or settle, pushing the city to actively drag the case into the courtroom, a first in at least a decade for a Naperville ordinance violation.

But when the legal dust settled after two days in court, a six-person jury found Harris not responsible for the alleged theft. Despite the city's lashing back by insisting the jury's decision doesn't erase the "factual basis for the actions of the city and its officers," as city attorney Mike DiSanto stated, Harris and her team are planting their feet firmly in demanding that the city own up to what they dub a severe injustice, as reported by CBS News. The case barrel-rolls past mere compensation, pushing for punitive damages and new training and oversight measures to keep such "violations" at bay in the future.

While Harris maintained silence during Wednesday's litigation announcement, her mother chimed in with praises for her daughter's grit, valiantly fighting against what she called bullying and targeting. “I'm very proud of her for seeing the bright side and the silver lining, despite being lied on, despite being targeted, despite being bullied," Marla Baker told CBS News.