A performer who was part of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday will be banned from all NFL stadiums and events for life after unfurling a flag with the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” on it in an apparent protest of the wars in the Middle East. The league said the individual was part of the 400-member field cast and “hid the item on his person and unveiled it late in the show.”
The cast member who displayed the Palestinian flag with the word “GAZA” in protest during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show will not face charges, New Orleans police said Monday. The banner combined the black stripes of the flags honored by the Sudanese and Palestinian peoples and also had the word SUDAN on it. The cast member, one of dozens of dancers clad in identical black sweats, held it high while standing on the roof of the car that was a centerpiece of the hip-hop artist’s performance, and then jumped off the stage and ran across the field before being tackled by several men in suits.
The performer who raised a dual Sudanese-Palestinian flag during Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show says he has no regrets about the stunt, which exposed a massive security failure for a major event attended by the US president.
