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Performer in Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl show faces no charges after waving Sudan-Gaza flag

a crowd of people and one person with a flag
A person holds a flag during half-time of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday in New Orleans. Photograph: Frank Franklin II/AP

A performer in Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl half-time show was ejected after unfurling a combination Sudanese-Palestinian flag with “Sudan” and “Gaza” written on it – but he is not going to face legal charges, police said.

The National Football League confirmed the person was part of the 400-member field cast who performed alongside Lamar at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans but said the man had no permission to display the flag.

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