Beyoncé performance of her new single Formation at Super Bowl 50 on Sunday, which is widely seen as a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement, she was joined by dancers dressed as Black Panthers.
Many widely attribute it as strong political statement . At one point during the song, the supporting performers formed an 'X' on the field - thought to reference black rights campaigner Malcolm X - and then raised their arms in the air in a gesture referencing the black power salute by Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the Australian Olympics.
The dancers were also pictured holding up a sign reading 'justice 4 Martin Woods', a black man shot dead by around a dozen armed police in San Francisco after refusing to drop a knife (right).
Beyonce had been widely expected to use her show as a political gesture after releasing the video on Saturday, which featured lines of white cops facing off against a hooded child, and graffiti which read 'stop shooting us'.
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