Leave it to one of the troubadours of our generation, Bruce Springsteen to capture the frustration of a nation in song. Springsteen wrote the “Streets of Minneapolis” on Saturday, recorded it on Sunday, and released it today. As only he can do, the song captures the angst, frustration, and defiance that Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the nation are experiencing.
Springsteen, who has visited the Twin Cities many times on tours speaks about a land and people that he knows, but the song also echoes the frustration of so many who have watched in the horror, the events that have transpired in Minneapolis over the past month. And it never loses its focus on the memory of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, who died on those streets standing up to the tranny of the Trump administration.
Springsteen Captures the Heart and Soul of a Nation
Springsteen dedicated the song to “the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.” He wrote it the same day that Mr. Pretti was shot and killed by two ICE agents in South Minneapolis. Different angles of the shooting clearly demonstrate that while Pretti legally possessed a firearm on that day, he never touched the weapon nor was it on his body when he lost his life.
In the song, Springsteen described Pretti’s murder at the hands of federal officials. “Trump’s federal thugs beat up on. His face and his chest. Then we heard the gunshots. And Alex Pretti lay in the snow dead. Their claim was self-defense, sir. Just don’t believe your eyes” And regarding of Mr. Pretti and Ms. Good, he wrote. “And there were bloody footprints Where mercy should have stood. And two dead, left to die on snow-filled streets Alex Pretti and Renee Good.”
The Boss Out Front in Opposition to ICE Enforcement
“The Boss” wrote and recorded the song accompanied by his legendary cohorts, the “E Street Band.” Springsteen released the song after he made public comments regarding the tragic anti-immigration enforcement taking place in Minneapolis. During his appearance this month at the Light of Day festival in New Jersey, he dedicated his performance of “The Promised Land” to Ms. Good, and repeated words spoken by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey after Ms. Good was killed; that “ICE should get the f*** out of Minneapolis.”
In remembrance of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and all those who have suffered as a result of the illegal federal invasion of Minnesota and other U.S. cities, here is “The Boss” and his song “Streets of Minneapolis.”
