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The protester who waved a Palestine flag during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show has been banned for life from NFL stadiums and events.
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Footage showed the man waving the flag while standing on top of the GNX car used by the rapper for his set during Sunday’s showpiece game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. He was then chased off stage and later tackled to the ground by security.
The flag had the words “Gaza” and “Sudan” written over the Palestinian flag.
After being approached by a member of security, he jumped off the elevated platform and ran around the lower level for around 45 seconds, dodging dancers carrying large standards.
The man was later caught and carried off by several security guards.
New Orleans police are now determining whether the performer will face any charges, according to CBS News.
“We commend security for quickly detaining the individual who displayed the flag,” the NFL said in a statement. “He was a part of the 400-member field cast. The individual hid the item on his person and unveiled it late in the show. No one involved with the production was aware of the individual’s intent.”
Roc Nation, the company behind the halftime show, also confirmed the protest was “neither planned nor part of the production and was never in any rehearsal.”
The incident comes shortly after Donald Trump’s controversial proposal for the US to “take over” Gaza and remove much of its Palestinian population.
