"Although not listed on the bill as a performer, The Boss showed up to play a lengthy set at a charity event in Red Bank, NJ, benefitting Parkinson's disease research. Toward the end of his show, Springsteen in footage circulating online and included in reports from local outlets dedicated his 1978 song The Promised Land to Renee Good, the 37-year old mom who was shot four times and killed by ICE officer Jonathan Ross on Jan. 7."
"If you believe in the power of the law and no one stands above it, if you stand against heavily-armed masked federal troops invading American cities and using Gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens, if you believe you don't deserve to be murdered for exercising your American right to protest, then send a message to this president, and as the mayor of that city has said, ICE should get the f out of Minneapolis."
Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance at a sold-out charity event in Red Bank, New Jersey, performing a lengthy set to benefit Parkinson's disease research. Toward the end of the show, he dedicated his 1978 song The Promised Land to Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother who was shot four times and killed by ICE officer Jonathan Ross on Jan. 7. Springsteen urged the audience to stand up to ICE, denounced heavily armed masked federal troops and Gestapo-like tactics in American cities, and echoed calls for ICE to leave Minneapolis. The sold-out crowd of 1,500 roared their approval.
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