Super Bowl halftime performer detained after unfurling Sudanese-Palestinian flag
A performer in Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show was detained on the field and could face charges after unfurling a combination Sudanese-Palestinian flag with “Sudan” and “Gaza” written on it.
Detained for what?
Fired? Ok Cool I get it, but detained? For what?
Not only arrested for no reason, banned from ever being in an NFL stadium or event for no reason
“The individual will (be) banned for life from all NFL stadiums and events,” NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said in an emailed statement.
There's no reason to arrest him, he didn't break any laws.
However, the NFL isn't the government, they're a private organization, they can tell someone that they're banned from their properties and events just about as easily as you can tell someone that they're not welcome at your back yard BBQ (as long as they're not banning them because they belong to a protected class)
They're probably well within their rights here to ban them just because they don't like what he did.
However, I can almost guarantee you that with an organization as lawyered-up as the NFL he signed some sort of contact to be a part of the performance where he agreed to some policy or code of conduct or something that says in some way that performers aren't permitted to go off-script like that, and not only can they decide to ban him for that but they may be able to sue him for breach of contract or something.
They didn’t charge him. I imagine NOPD had bigger issues with Philly fans than some guy they probably half agree with.
The Intercept has a more recent article about him, including an interview:
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/10/super-bowl-kendrick-lamar-gaza-sudan-protester/
tl;dr: He's fine, and been released without charges (so far).
Murica is so close to Biffs murica in Back to the future 2
I thought that during round 1. Going beyond it now. This is what happens if Marty and Doc fail to fix the timeline at the end of BTTF2.
More like Blade Runner or Cyberpunk a 2025 at this point.
The individual will (be) banned for life from all NFL stadiums and events
Fine. That's a normal response from a business to a hired performer making an off-script political display.
law enforcement is working to determine applicable charges in this incident
WTF?
Freedom Land Baby
Um, what law did they break?
The New Orleans Police Department said in a statement that “law enforcement is working to determine applicable charges in this incident.”
They don’t even know yet, but they didn’t like it so there has got to be one. What a fucking joke.
