NEW ORLEANS – The performer, part of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, was taken into custody by security after waving a Sudan and Palestinian flag. I said.
The NFL has identified people dressed in black like the other dancers on the field “as part of a 400 field cast.”
“We praise the security for promptly detaining individuals who display the flag,” the league said. “He was part of a 400 field cast. The individual hid the item in his possessions and presented it later in the show. Those involved in the production were not aware of the individual’s intentions. did.”
The league later said the person would be “banned for life from all NFL stadiums and events.”
The representative of Roc Nation, who produced the show, said “there was never a part of the production, either in the rehearsal.”
The New Orleans Police and Homeland Security Investigation have directed NBC News to the NFL security team for comments.
Representatives from Apple Music, which sponsors the Halftime Show, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The incident appeared to have occurred with the final song, “TV Off.” Photos and videos of the moment show a person holding a flag while standing behind the black Grand National car featured throughout the performance.
He then jumped off the stage and jogged the field for about 20 seconds before he was tackled and taken into custody. He was walking out of the field after the lights returned.
The incident marked the release of many Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, the day after another round of prisoner exchanges between Israel and Hamas, and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, as well as the release of hundreds of aid sent. They have seen them continue to be furious in Gaza as a bloody civil war that takes place in the war for weeks and in Sudan.
Rebecca Cohen reported from Jesse Kirsch of New Orleans from New York.
Emily Dawn, Katie Dissler and Maria Pignero contributed.
