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"American Skin (41 Shots)" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen, inspired by the police shooting death of Amadou Diallo by NYPD. [1] It premiered, unreleased, during the E Street Band's 1999–2000 reunion tour in concert in Atlanta on June 4, 2000, the final concert before the tour's final ten-show run at New York City 's Madison Square ...
This song is about Amadou Diallo, a Guinean immigrant who was killed in his New York City doorway when New York City police shot at him 41 times after mistaking his wallet for a gun. Springsteen felt the shooting was an egregious over-reaction by the police, who killed an innocent man.
Jan 14, 2014 · American Skin (41 Shots) Bruce Springsteen. Track 3 on High Hopes. Featuring. Tom Morello. Producers. Ron Aniello & Bruce Springsteen. This song was inspired by the police shooting (and killing...
Mar 27, 2001 · In your American skin. Is it a gun, is it a knife. Is it in your heart, is it in your eyes. It ain’t no secret. 41 shots… and we’ll take that ride. ‘Cross this bloody river. To the other side. 41 shots… got my boots caked in this mud. We’re baptized in these waters and in each other’s blood.
