Overview
- Bruce Springsteen dedicated “The Promised Land” to Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three fatally shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
- He echoed Mayor Jacob Frey’s expletive-laced call for ICE to exit the city and condemned what he described as federal “Gestapo tactics” during the Minneapolis deployments.
- The remarks came during an unannounced, roughly 75-minute performance at the Light of Day Winterfest in Red Bank, New Jersey, before a sold-out audience.
- The Justice Department said it would not open an investigation into Good’s death, reinforcing a widening split between federal authorities and local officials seeking accountability.
- White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson dismissed Springsteen’s stance, saying no one cares about his “bad political opinions,” as protests and disputes over the shooting continue.