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After 137 long days since Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show in New Orleans, Louisiana, a performance that was disrupted by a protestor waving a Sudanese flag, that protestor has been arrested. The police announced the arrest today.
Did they catch the Kendrick Lamar Halftime Show protestor? No. They did not. 41-year-old Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu of New Orleans turned himself in to New Orleans police.
In a press release, the Louisiana State Police announced the arrest but noted the investigation is still ongoing. They said “Troop NOLA Troopers began investigating a disturbance that occurred during the Super Bowl halftime show. The investigation led to the arrest of 41-year-old Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu of New Orleans.”
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The release added:
“the preliminary investigation revealed that during the halftime performance, a performer deviated from his assigned role, retrieved a Sudanese flag bearing the message “Sudan and Free Gaza,” and disrupted the halftime show by running across the field with the flag. Security and law enforcement personnel on site quickly recognized the unauthorized action and apprehended the performer after he refused to comply with their commands to stop.
Through investigative means, Troopers identified the performer as Nantambu and confirmed he was hired as an extra performer during the halftime show. In coordination with the National Football League, Troopers learned that Nantambu had permission to be on the field during the performance, but did not have permission to demonstrate as he did. An arrest warrant was subsequently obtained through the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court. On June 26, 2025, Nantambu surrendered himself through coordination with his attorney and was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center for Resisting an Officer and Disturbing the Peace by Interruption of a Lawful Assembly.
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What made this particular Super Bowl Halftime Show protest so visible compared to others in the past is just how front and center the protestor was throughout the performance. Security chased him throughout but was never able to take him down. And the protestor was waving the flag throughout the entire Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl Halftime Show which stood out like a sore thumb amongst the dancers.
Weirdly, ever major news outlet in America seems to have picked up this news of the arrest almost immediately… Why though? I’m hard-pressed to remember the last time there was a Halftime Show that didn’t have a protestor.
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