Tremendous Bowl halftime performer charged for operating on discipline with ‘Sudan and Free Gaza’ flag

A Tremendous Bowl halftime present performer was charged Thursday with two misdemeanors, about 4 1/2 months after he ran throughout the sphere on the Superdome waving a flag that included the phrases “Sudan and Free Gaza,” Louisiana State Police mentioned.

Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, 41, turned himself in to authorities to face costs of resisting a police officer and disturbing the peace by interrupting a lawful meeting, police mentioned. He surrendered in coordination together with his lawyer and was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Heart.

Nantambu revealed the flag and ran on the sphere throughout rapper Kendrick Lamar’s halftime efficiency on Feb. 9. He was detained on the sphere after his demonstration however not charged. The NFL mentioned on the time he could be banned for all times from league stadiums and occasions.

In line with an announcement from police, Nantambu had been employed as an additional performer and “had permission to be on the sphere through the efficiency, however didn’t have permission to display as he did.”

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy thanked investigators for his or her work.

“We take any try and disrupt any a part of an NFL recreation, together with the halftime present, very significantly and are happy this particular person will probably be held accountable to the fullest extent of the regulation,” McCarthy mentioned in an announcement.