During Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime performance, a protester ran onto the field and unfurled a red, black, green and white and Palestinian flag.
The protest started onstage during Lamar’s set, with the man unfurling the banner with the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” written its one white stripes.
A protester holds a flag onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
In video shot by Deadline, the man is then seen jumping off the raised stage where Lamar is performing and scrambling toward the 50-yard line as he unfurls the flag again. He holds the banner aloft and runs in a circle, ostensibly to give those watching a view of the flag. After he does his first lap and runs about 10 yards up and down the field he is tackled by three people.
The on-field moment was not captured on the telecast, as all cameras were trained on Lamar and his intricate, highly-choreographed routine.
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A swarm of suit-jacketed officials quickly got the man to the sideline, as subsequent video, also shot by Deadline, attests.
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It’s probably not a coincidence that the on-field protest came with President Donald Trump in attendance. Earlier this week, Trump announced at a White House press conference that the U.S. would “take over” the Gaza Strip and “own it.”
Asked where Gazans should go, whether they should return after it is rebuilt and, if not, who he envisioned living there, Trump replied, “I envision world people living there. The world’s people. I think you’ll make that into an international, unbelievable place. I think the potential in the Gaza Strip is unbelievable.” He added that Palestinians also would live there, while also suggesting that Jordan and Egypt would take them for resettlement.
