Overview
- During an unannounced set at the Light of Day Winterfest in Red Bank, N.J., Springsteen dedicated “The Promised Land” to Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three killed by an ICE agent on Jan. 7.
- He echoed Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s demand for ICE to leave the city and criticized what he called “Gestapo tactics” by heavily armed federal officers.
- Video from the event circulated online, with outlets reporting a crowd of about 1,500 at the Count Basie Center for the Arts.
- Coverage noted the Justice Department has declined to open a federal investigation into Good’s killing, intensifying questions over accountability.
- The White House responded by dismissing Springsteen’s remarks and defended agents’ self-defense claims as protests and federal–local tensions continue in Minneapolis.