The protester who brandished a mixed Palestinian-Sudanese flag throughout Kendrick Lamar’s Tremendous Bowl halftime present was ejected from the Caesars Superdome, however not arrested, the New Orleans Police Division stated.
The protester was a part of the halftime efficiency’s 400-person discipline solid however acted independently Sunday when he unfurled the flag studying “Sudan” and “Gaza,” the NFL stated in an announcement.
He has been banned for all times from NFL stadiums and occasions.
“The individual hid the item on his person and unveiled it late in the show,” the NFL stated. “No one involved with the production was aware of the individual’s intent.”
Police stated the person wouldn’t be recognized, however many Instagram customers believed a consumer named fff_zulqarnain recognized himself because the protester.
On Monday, that account shared a collection of photographs displaying the flag in the course of the efficiency.
“May Allah grant us the courage, surety, and strength of ‘Moses in Pharoah’s Kingdom,’” learn one publish’s caption.
The protest got here amid a lethal civil warfare in Sudan and amid the Israel-Hamas warfare that has decimated the Gaza Strip.
Photos and movies from Sunday’s halftime efficiency present the protester standing atop a automotive that was featured on the stage, then bringing the flag to the sector, the place he was tackled by safety.
The demonstration occurred towards the tip of Lamar’s era-hopping efficiency of hits together with “Not Like Us,” “Loyalty” and “HUMBLE.”
“The act by the individual was neither planned nor part of the production and was never in any rehearsal,” Roc Nation, an leisure firm that co-produced the halftime present, stated in an announcement.
Lamar, 37, turned the primary hip-hop artist to be named a solo headliner of the Tremendous Bowl halftime present. His well-reviewed efficiency featured cameos by Samuel L. Jackson, Serena Williams, SZA and Mustard.
The Philadelphia Eagles gained Tremendous Bowl LIX over the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, 40-22.
