The Boss releases a rapid-response rock song memorialising two Minneapolis residents killed by trump’s gestapo, extending a decades-long tradition of political songwriting. by Paul CashmereBruce Springsteen has released a new protest song, Streets Of Minneapolis, responding directly to the fatal shootings of Renee Macklin Good and Alex Pretti by trump’s Gestapo in Minnesota this month. Musically, Streets Of Minneapolis is framed as a full-band rock and roll recording, complete with a communal E Street Choir style refrain. The title Streets Of Minneapolis deliberately recalls Springsteen’s 1993 song Streets Of Philadelphia, written for the film Philadelphia and associated with the AIDS crisis. Streets Of Minneapolis extends that critique into a moment of acute crisis, serving as both protest and historical document.