'We need systemic changes in our law enforcement departments.'
The New Jersey native announced on"GMA" that the star-studded April 22 event airing on ABC will benefit the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund to help those in the state affected by the coronavirus.Bruce Springsteen used his latest semi-weekly DJ stint on his own satellite radio channel Wednesday to offer some heartfelt commentary about the death of George Floyd.
After playing his song"American Skin ," which he wrote about the 1999 shooting death of an unarmed African immigrant named Amadou Diallo bypolice officers, Springsteen said,"Eight minutes. That song is almost eight minutes long. And that's how long it took George Floyd to die with a Minneapolis officer's knee buried into his neck."
He continued,"That's a long time. That's how long he begged for help and said he couldn't breathe. The arresting officer's response was nothing but silence and wait. Then he had no pulse and still it went on."The Boss then dedicated the song"to Seattle, to New York, to Miami, to Atlanta, to Chicago, to Dallas, to Philadelphia, to Washington, to Los Angeles, to Asbury Park, to Minneapolis and to the memory of George Floyd. May he rest in peace.
He went on to address the current financial, health, political and racial crises the country is experiencing. "As we speak, 40 million people are unemployed. One-hundred-thousand plus citizens have died from COVID-19, with only the most tepid and unfeeling response from our White House," he said, somberly."As of today, our black citizens continue to be killed unnecessarily by our police on the streets of America. And as of this broadcast, the country was on fire and in chaos.
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