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bruce springsteen again Targeting President Donald Trump ICE sent a poignant message to crowds gathered for a benefit concert following the killing of Renee Good.
On January 17, Springsteen made a surprise performance on stage at the Light of Day Winterfest in his hometown of New Jersey. This annual event raises funds for Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Trump’s longtime critic – Who did Springsteen publicly feud with last year? – this 76-year-old rocker slams government Also introducing his 1978 song “The Promised Land”.
“I wrote this song to celebrate the possibilities of America,” Springsteen said. “Now we are living through an extremely critical period. America, the ideals and values that it has stood for for the past 250 years, are being tested like never before in modern times. Those values and ideals have never been more threatened.
Springsteen continued: “If you believe in the power of the law and that no one is above the law, if you oppose heavily armed, masked federal troops invading American cities and using Gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens, if you believe you should not be murdered for exercising your American right to protest, then send this president a message, as the city’s mayor said: ICE should get out of Minneapolis.” video Perks that come from posting to YouTube.
“This song is dedicated to your memory as a mother of three and a child U.S. citizen Renee Goode“.
Goode was shot and killed by an ICE officer on January 7 in Minneapolis. In the weeks after the shooting, Protests erupt across the United Statescalling for accountability for Goode’s death and another shooting in Portland in which Border Patrol agents injured two people. Some protests have led to clashes with law enforcement, particularly in Minneapolis, ICE is conducting its largest immigration enforcement operation yet So far.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey sent a stern message To the ICE agents Trump sent to the city after the shooting: “Get out.”
“This was a reckless use of power by an agent that resulted in someone dying, someone being killed,” he continued.
Springsteen joins celebrity choir Protest the Trump administration. At least a week’s worth of Golden Globes, Actor Mark Ruffalo slams Trump Named the “worst person” in a red carpet interview.
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“If we relied on the morality of this man to build the most powerful nation in the world, we would all be in a lot of trouble,” Ruffalo told USA Today.
“So this is for [Good]. This is for the American people who are intimidated and fearful today. I know I’m one of them. I love this country. What I see here is not America. “
Ruffalo was just one of many celebrities in attendance at the ceremony, wearing buttons that read “BE GOOD” and “ICE OUT” in honor of Goode.