Super Bowl Halftime Performer Detained After Unfurling Sudanese-Palestinian Flag

[C0RI0LANUS]

(Photo: AFP / Getty Images)

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.

The NFL confirmed the person was part of the 400-member field cast. The New Orleans Police Department said in a statement that “law enforcement is working to determine applicable charges in this incident.”

The NOPD is working to determine the applicable charges?

Here's the charge:

"Forgetting that the US is a white Judeo-Christian country and everybody else in the world doesn't matter."






Source:

https://apnews.com/article/super-bowl-halftime-protest-palestine-0d670147fe14286bfb665f739772f0a7

[Lovie777]

1. This is just wrong..................

shithole musk repubicans are the blame.

[Think. Again.]

2. Detain him first THEN try to find charges?

Classic NOPD.

[2naSalit]

5. Welcome to...

The new fresh hell.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Is that a 1987 Buick GNX he's standing on, scratching up the paint job?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Regal#GNX

[Docreed2003]

7. Indeed it is

Kendrick Lamar's newest album is called "GNX"

[Polybius]

22. Yes it is

The finest looking car every made.

Edit: Is Kendrick Lamar's GNX real? They only came in hardtop's. His has a moonroof.

[exboyfil]

4. Owner of car file vandalism charges

Other than that what charges so long as the performer was supposed to be there.

[C0RI0LANUS]

6. Coming up with charges against this man of color was a problem the antebellum Slave Patrol didn't have.

[Wiz Imp]

8. There is nothing illegal about unfurling a flag

Not liking the flag or what it represents is no basis to even detain him

[Mike 03]

9. Ridiculous. Since presumably there's no law against this, if we begin to

do as Russia does, during the course of the "investigation" they will "find" something. They'll announce that this person has committed some other (fabricated) crime. Maybe he hasn't paid his taxes, or downloaded child porn, or sells or buys drugs, or is the suspect in some unsolved robbery. In Russia, if they want to take you down for something that isn't a crime, they make something up. I hope we are not there yet.

[yaesu]

10. So much for first amendment rights that president Musk was so worried about. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

11. I think it's make-up-a-law-day in the US.

[LeftInTX]

12. I don't think any charges will be filed.

The NFL confirmed to The Associated Press that the individual will be “banned for life from all NFL stadiums and events.”

The New Orleans Police Department also said authorities were “working to determine applicable charges in this incident.”

NOPD said in a statement to The Hill that the individual detained, an adult Black male, “was ejected from the stadium after the incident.”

“No arrest nor summons was issued,” NOPD added. “As such, the individual will not be identified.”

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/5135793-nfl-super-bowl-halftime-performer-detained/

The flag furling would be considered disruption of a performance in violation of pre-agreements/contracts with the NFL. Hence, it is a civil matter. And hence, they can be "banned from the business"

However, security is tight at the Super bowl because it is considered a "high security" event, so maybe that was the reason law enforcement initially escorted out/detained the performer?

[iemanja]

15. Is that in or outside the arena?

I thought it looked like it was outside. Wouldn't that make a difference legally, if it were?

[LeftInTX]

17. It was unfurled by a performer during the half time show. (In the arena)

They probably have a no-tolerance type clause in the contract.

[iemanja]

18. I see

Thanks for the info.

[C0RI0LANUS]

13. Hi LeftInTexas. Thanks for the info. I bet if the man waved a Trumpf or Confederate flag, he'd have been applauded.

[iemanja]

14. Free speech has been abolished under Trump

Before long we'll see an EO abolishing the First Amendment.

[iemanja]

16. Are the others doing Nazi salutes?

[Lemons UK]

19. Likely voted for Trump anyway.

[maxsolomon]

20. Probably the 1st time that most of the viewers have heard of Sudan.

Much less that there's a war on there.

[sarisataka]

23. The flag has generated more conversation

than the war and genocide in Sudan has...

[Polybius]

21. Standing on that beautiful GNX makes me cringe