A Tremendous Bowl halftime present performer was charged Thursday with two misdemeanors, about 4 1/2 months after he ran throughout the sector on the Superdome waving a flag that included the phrases “Sudan and Free Gaza,” Louisiana State Police stated.
Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, 41, turned himself in to authorities to face of fees resisting a police officer and disturbing the peace by interrupting a lawful meeting, police stated. He surrendered in coordination together with his lawyer and was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Middle.
Nantambu revealed the flag and ran on the sector throughout rapper Kendrick Lamar’s halftime efficiency on Feb. 9. He was detained on the sector after his demonstration however not charged. The NFL stated on the time he could be banned for all times from league stadiums and occasions.
In accordance with a press release from police, Nantambu had been employed as an additional performer and “had permission to be on the sector throughout 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 critically and are happy this particular person will likely be held accountable to the fullest extent of the regulation,” McCarthy stated in a press release.
