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6/27/2025, 2:36:46 AM
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>A performer at Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX halftime show in February has been arrested after holding up a Sudanese flag with the message "Sudan and Free Gaza."
>The performer, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, 41, surrendered to authorities after an arrest warrant was obtained.
>Nantambu was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center on charges of resisting an officer and disturbing the peace by interruption of a lawful assembly.
>Louisiana State Police say troopers began investigating shortly after the Super Bowl and found that Nantambu "deviated from his assigned role" and disrupted the halftime show by running across the field with the flag.
>Security and law enforcement personnel ran after him, and he refused to comply with their commands to stop.
>The NFL issued the following statement regarding the arrest:
>"We take any attempt to disrupt any part of an NFL game, including the halftime show, very seriously and are pleased this individual will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. In addition to the ongoing criminal case, the NFL banned the individual from attending any NFL games or events."
>A performer at Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX halftime show in February has been arrested after holding up a Sudanese flag with the message "Sudan and Free Gaza."
>The performer, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, 41, surrendered to authorities after an arrest warrant was obtained.
>Nantambu was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center on charges of resisting an officer and disturbing the peace by interruption of a lawful assembly.
>Louisiana State Police say troopers began investigating shortly after the Super Bowl and found that Nantambu "deviated from his assigned role" and disrupted the halftime show by running across the field with the flag.
>Security and law enforcement personnel ran after him, and he refused to comply with their commands to stop.
>The NFL issued the following statement regarding the arrest:
>"We take any attempt to disrupt any part of an NFL game, including the halftime show, very seriously and are pleased this individual will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. In addition to the ongoing criminal case, the NFL banned the individual from attending any NFL games or events."
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