Springsteen said he wrote the song "in response to the state terror being visited on the city." The shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good also prompted "City of Heroes," a protest song from Billy Bragg.

Bruce Springsteen seethes with righteous fury on his dramatic new protest song, Streets of Minneapolis, his voice dripping with disdain as he calls out “King Trump’s private army” in “a city aflame” f...

Springsteen announced the song in a reel on Instagram, including the song's cover: a black and white photo of a sea of protest signs, all reading "ICE OUT."