Bruce Springsteen on Wednesday released a new song titled 'Streets of Minneapolis,' written to commemorate residents' protests against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the city.
Bruce Springsteen on Wednesday released a new protest song titled 'Streets of Minneapolis,' written to commemorate residents' protests against the Trump administration's ongoing immigration crackdown in the city.
The song references Minneapolis locales, 'King Trump’s private army,' and the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good after they were shot by Border Patrol and ICE officers earlier in January.'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,' Springsteen said in a statement on Wednesday. 'It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.'The song begins:Through the winter’s ice and coldDown Nicollet AvenueA city aflame fought fire and ice‘Neath an occupier’s bootsKing Trump’s private army from the DHSGuns belted to their coatsCame to Minneapolis to enforce the lawOr so their story goesAgainst smoke and rubber bulletsBy the dawn’s early lightCitizens stood for justiceTheir voices ringing through the nightAnd there were bloody footprintsWhere mercy should have stoodAnd two dead left to die on snow-filled streetsAlex Pretti and Renee GoodThe White House released a statement in response to the song:'The Trump Administration is focused on encouraging state and local Democrats to work with federal law enforcement officers on removing dangerous criminal illegal aliens from their communities — not random songs with irrelevant opinions and inaccurate information,' spokesperson Abigail Jackson said.
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