United States – He had almost stolen the show from Kendrick Lamar, but the cameras had quickly diverted their goal. During the Super Bowl 2025, a figure dancer had brandished a Gaza and Sudan flag during the rapper’s performance. He has just been arrested by police Thursday, June 26, almost five months after his protest gesture.
The facts date back to February 9, while Kendrick Lamar assured the show of half-time for the grand final of the NFL between the Eagles of Philadelphia and the Chiefs of Kansas City. During the song TV off, Towards the end of the thirteen minutes of millimeter show, a man agitated a double Palestinian and Sudanese flag, standing on a car, in front of the 65,000 supporters in the stadium. These are Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, hired as a figure.
On television, the 191.1 million viewers only saw this sign of protest from afar, because the cameramen were careful not to film the demonstrator in close -up. But videos, filmed by spectators in the stadium, quickly went around the Internet, where many people salute this gesture of support for Sudan and Palestine.
After having run a few meters, flag in the air, on the lawn, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu was placed by security agents and apprehended by the local police, As we can see in the video at the top of this article.
The “Flag of freedom”
After the match, New Orleans police announced that they did not sue him. The NFL had banished it from all stadiums and sporting events. But Louisiana’s state police finally decided otherwise.
After months of investigation, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu was arrested on June 26 to have “Withstanding an agent” et “Disturbed public order by interrupting a legal gathering”as a press release specifies. The 41-year-old American went to the authorities himself after the arrest warrant is issued. He was placed in pre-trial detention in New Orleans.
From the Super Bowl, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu takes advantage of his spotlight to raise funds for Gaza and Sudan, among others. He sells products derived from what he calls the “Flag of freedom”with illustrations of him during the Kendrick Lamar’s show, and transfers the profits to humanitarian associations.
As soon as he got out of pre -trial detention, which seems to have lasted only a few hours, he published a video on Instagram reaffirming his support for the Sudanese and Gazaouis who are currently undergoing famine. “Some people talk more about my arrest for a demonstration than of all those people who die every day”recalled Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, visibly annoyed that the police praised publicly from this case. For their part, the authorities say they continue their investigation.
