The Tremendous Bowl halftime performer who allegedly displayed a flag throughout Kendrick Lamar’s halftime efficiency, which learn the message “Sudan and Free Gaza,” was arrested by the Louisiana State Police on Thursday.
Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, 41, of New Orleans, allegedly displayed the flag and did not adjust to safety on the scene, who informed him to cease.
He was allowed to be on the sector, however not allowed to show the flag, police stated.
A protestor holds a Palestinian flag with the phrases “Gaza” and “Sudan” as US rapper Kendrick Lamar performs throughout Tremendous Bowl LIX Chiefs vs Eagles Apple Music Halftime Present at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 9, 2025. (Picture by Chandan Khanna / AFP) (Picture by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP through Getty Photos)
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The incident occurred on Feb. 9 when New Orleans hosted Tremendous Bowl LIX on the Caesars Superdome.
Louisiana State Police stated that Nantambu allegedly “deviated from his assigned position, retrieved a Sudanese flag bearing the message ‘Sudan and Free Gaza,’ and disrupted the halftime present by operating throughout the sector with the flag.”
“Safety and legislation enforcement personnel on website rapidly acknowledged the unauthorized motion and apprehended the performer after he refused to adjust to their instructions to cease,” police stated.
Following the occasion, an arrest warrant was obtained for Nantambu by way of the Orleans Parish Legal District Courtroom, police stated.
Nantambu, together with his legal professional, surrendered himself on Thursday to police underneath fees of resisting an officer and disturbing the peace by interruption of a lawful meeting.
