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Bruce Springsteen Responds to Minneapolis Killings With Fiery New Protest Song

Andy Greene

created: Jan. 28, 2026, 5:54 p.m. | updated: Jan. 29, 2026, 8:52 p.m.

Just days after the killing of Alex Pretti at the hands of United States Customs and Border Protection agents in Minneapolis, Bruce Springsteen has responded with a fiery, Phil Ochs-style protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” which denounces “Trump’s federal thugs,” “[Stephen] Miller and [Kristi] Noem’s dirty lies,” and calls for ICE to leave the city at once. He’s also created a video that mixes studio footage with images of protesters clashing with ICE agents in Minneapolis. “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. “It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. (He wrote the topical song “Roulette” six days after the Three Mile Island meltdown but didn’t release it for years.)

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