Bruce Springsteen's anti-ICE protest song decries Minneapolis killings and 'King Trump'

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Bruce Springsteen released a new protest song Wednesday condemning “King Trump” and the violence perpetrated by his “federal thugs” — referring to immigration officers — in Minnesota.“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 wrote on his social media platforms, sharing his new song, “Streets of Minneapolis.” “It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.” Entertainment & Arts Olivia Rodrigo, Pedro Pascal and others denounce ICE after federal agents fatally shoot ICU nurse and U.S.

citizen Alex Pretti.Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was shot multiple times and killed by a U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during an immigration raid on Jan.

7.Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at a VA hospital who had protested President Trump’s immigration crackdown and Good’s killing, was shot and killed by ICE agents on Jan.

24.Both Minnesotans are memorialized by name in Springsteen’s new rock song, which describes the immigration crackdowns and the protests by those who live there.

His scathing lyrics also denounce Trump advisor Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for their statements following the killings, which were contradicted by eyewitness accounts and video.“Their claim was self-defense, sir / Just don’t believe your eyes,” Springsteen sings with his familiar rasp.

“It’s our blood and bones / And these whistles and phones / Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies.” Both Miller and Noem justified the shootings in the immediate aftermath.Miller called Pretti “a would-be assassin,” and Noem accused Good of committing “an act of domestic terrorism.” Videos later surfaced contradicting their...