Bruce Springsteen tells ICE to ‘get the f–k out of Minneapolis’ during show
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Springsteen also dedicated his song 'The Promised Land' to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
Bruce Springsteen called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to “get the f–k out of Minneapolis” during a surprise appearance in New Jersey over the weekend.
During the appearance at the Light of Day Winter Festival in his home state on Saturday, the 76-year-old rocker dedicated his 1978 song The Promised Land to Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
During his introduction of The Promised Land, Springsteen said: “I wrote this song as an ode to American possibility. It was about a both beautiful but flawed country that we are, and the country that we could be. Right now, we are living through incredibly critical times. The United States — the ideals and the values for which it stood for the past 250 years — is being tested as it’s never been in modern times.”
Springsteen then turned his attention to recent news, adding: “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 an American city, using Gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens, if you believe you don’t deserve to be murdered for exercising your American right to protest, send a message to this president as the mayor of that city has said, ICE should get the f–k out of Minneapolis.”
Springsteen was referring to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who said during a press conference: “I have a message for ICE. Get the f–k out of Minneapolis.”
“So this song is for you, and the memory of the mother of three and American citizen Renee Good,” said Springsteen, before launching into The Promised Land.
The Trump administration has repeatedly defended the ICE agent who shot Good, a mother of three, saying he acted in self-defence.
Trump administration officials referred to Good as a “domestic terrorist,” and said she had attempted to ram federal agents with her car. But that explanation has been widely panned by Frey, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and others based on videos of the confrontation.
