Man Arrested For Kendrick Lamar Halftime Present Protest
A person has been arrested for disrupting Kendrick Lamar’s Tremendous Bowl halftime present with a protest flag supporting Gaza and Sudan.
A person has been arrested nearly 5 months after waving a Palestinian flag with “Gaza” and “Sudan” scrawled throughout it throughout Kendrick Lamar’s Tremendous Bowl LIX Halftime Present efficiency.
Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, a 41-year-old resident of New Orleans, was employed as a background performer for Kendrick Lamar.
He disrupted the February 9 present on the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans by climbing atop a black Buick GNX and revealing the flag mid-performance.
He refused to comply with the safety’s instructions and was rapidly detained. The incident triggered an investigation by Troop NOLA Troopers, who recognized Nantambu by way of inner evaluate and surveillance footage.
An arrest warrant was issued by the Orleans Parish Felony District Court docket.
On Thursday (June 26), Nantambu turned himself in by way of his lawyer and was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Middle.
“The preliminary investigation revealed that in the course of the halftime efficiency, a performer deviated from his assigned function, retrieved a Sudanese flag bearing the message ‘Sudan and Free Gaza’ and disrupted the halftime present by working throughout the sphere with the flag. Safety and legislation enforcement personnel on web site rapidly acknowledged the unauthorized motion and apprehended the performer after he refused to adjust to their instructions to cease,” police mentioned in an announcement.
He faces fees of resisting an officer and disturbing the peace by interruption of a lawful meeting.
The NFL completely banned Nantambu from all league occasions. The protest occurred throughout one of many most-watched Tremendous Bowl halftime performances in latest historical past.
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