Bruce Springsteen<\/span><\/a> seems equal parts outraged and inspired by the unrest and violence in Minneapolis. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n So much so that on Saturday \u2014 the same day that Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old intensive care nurse <\/span>who was fatally shot<\/span><\/a> by federal agents during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest \u2014 the Boss began writing a song \u201cdedicated to the people\u201d of the city<\/a>, Springsteen <\/span>said Wednesday in a post on Bluesky<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cRecorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis,\u201d he wrote on the social media platform. \u201cIt\u2019s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Pretti and Good, who was killed earlier this month by an ICE officer, are both name-checked in the lyrics of the song, \u201cStreets Of Minneapolis.\u201d So is \u201cKing Trump,\u201d his \u201cfederal thugs,\u201d White House senior adviser Stephen Miller and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n One verse focuses heavily on the eyewitness video<\/a> <\/span>shot during Pretti\u2019s killing \u2014 and calls into question the Trump administration\u2019s claims that Pretti was a \u201c<\/span>domestic terrorist<\/span><\/a>\u201d who \u201c<\/span>violently resisted<\/span><\/a>\u201d officers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Trump\u2019s federal thugs beat up on<\/span><\/p>\n His face and his chest<\/span><\/p>\n Then we heard the gunshots<\/span><\/p>\n And Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead<\/span><\/p>\n Their claim was self-defense, sir<\/span><\/p>\n Just don\u2019t believe your eyes<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s our blood and bones<\/span><\/p>\n And these whistles and phones<\/span><\/p>\n Against Miller and Noem\u2019s dirty lies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Despite specifics in Springsteen\u2019s new song, it\u2019s more about Minneapolis\u2019 residents who are protesting President Donald Trump\u2019s immigration efforts, even if it\u2019s at the risk of their own lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Springsteen croons in his new song:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice<\/span><\/p>\n Singing through the bloody mist<\/span> <\/p>\n We\u2019ll take our stand for this land<\/span><\/p>\n And the stranger in our midst<\/span><\/p>\n Here in our home they killed and roamed<\/p>\n In the winter of \u201926<\/p>\n We\u2019ll remember the names of those who died<\/span><\/p>\n On the streets of Minneapolis<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Bruce](\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/697a5b1c220000a3bd6d8ccf.jpeg?cache=onppChYbvl&ops=scalefit_720_noupscale\")
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