"I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It's dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free, Bruce Springsteen"
"If you believe in democracy, in liberty; if you believe that truth still matters, and that it's worth speaking out, and it's worth fighting for; if you believe in the power of the law and that 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 fuck out of Minneapolis."
"Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voiceSinging through the bloody mistHere in our home they killed and roamedIn the winter of '26We'll take our stand for this landAnd the stranger in our midst"
Bruce Springsteen released 'Streets of Minneapolis' as an urgent protest song condemning President Donald J. Trump and the Department of Homeland Security after ICE killed Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis. The full-band track memorializes Pretti and Good and accuses federal agents of brutal tactics, including a verse describing Pretti being shot and left in the snow. Springsteen dedicated the song to Minneapolis residents and immigrant neighbors. He previously dedicated a rendition of "The Promised Land" to Renee Good and delivered an impassioned speech denouncing heavily armed federal troops and calling for ICE to leave Minneapolis.
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