California family sues school officials over 8th-grader's suspension for wearing 'blackface' at football game

Daniel Ameduri and his son, J.A., join Fox & Friends along with their lawyer Karin Sweigart to explain J.A.s use of eye black at a sporting event and their resulting lawsuit against school officials.

The family of a California middle school student is suing after the 8th-grader wore eye black to a football game and was suspended following accusations that it was "blackface."

Daniel Ameduri, his son J.A. and their lawyer joined "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday to discuss their lawsuit against school officials over the Oct. 13 incident that resulted in a two-day suspension and a ban from attending district sporting events. 

"It was a normal day, everything was normal. No one said anything. It was a normal football game and La Jolla won," J.A. said, noting that he put black eye paint on like football players do to attend a high school game between La Jolla High School and Morse High School.

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J.A. is shown wearing black face paint to a local high school football game.

"I used to go to a lot of football games when I lived in Texas, and I used to play football and sometimes we put that on if one of the kids brought it," he added. 

Host Ainsley Earhardt asked, "Wasn’t there a security guard there? He’s a Black security guard, and he came up to you and complimented you on it?"

"I asked him, ‘How did it look?’ and he said, ‘The spikes need to go higher,’" J.A. said. 

Ameduri said he was "shocked" days later when his son was called into the principal’s office. He said no one complained at the game and there was "no incident" involving his son.

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