Tim Walz's surprising response to slain cop's widow warning him to stay away from the funeral

The widow of a slain constabulary serviceman wanted Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz obscurity adjacent her husband's funeral.

Walz was much than consenting to comply pinch her request.

Minnesota resident Shannon Owen received a telephone from Walz successful 2023 aft her hubby Joshua was killed successful nan line of duty pinch nan politician offering his condolences.

Owen had immoderate prime words for nan politician and told him he would beryllium removed from nan ceremonial for her hubby if he tried to attend.

'You person ne'er been a protagonist of nan constabulary and I'd conscionable admit it if you conscionable don't travel anyplace adjacent my town,' she said successful a partial signaling of her telephone speech included successful nan Alpha News documentary Minnesota v. We nan People.

She besides informed Walz, who is now nan Democratic vice statesmanlike candidate, that if he tried to travel to nan ceremonial she would 'make judge that I escort your a** retired of here'.

'No, I wholly understand and respect your rights,' Walz replied during nan calls conscionable days aft Owen's hubby was killed.

'Our officers are present to support you successful immoderate measurement you need,' he said earlier nan telephone was brought to an abrupt end.

Owen said she didn't opportunity overmuch during nan conversations and 'just fto him ramble because that is what politicians do.'

The speech highlights a awesome problem for Walz – astatine slightest successful his location authorities of Minnesota – among rule enforcement.

Asked if he was suitable to beryllium nan next-vice president, Owen said: 'Absolutely not.'

'I don't for illustration nan measurement he is pinch nan cops' situation, nan subject situation. I conscionable consciousness he is simply a puppet correct now,' she said, according to The Telegraph. 'He is not really speaking astir what he really wants to do.'

She accused Gov. Walz of putting connected a 'nice guy' aft joining Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 ticket.

Minnesota has a monolithic rumor pinch citizens versus nan constabulary aft it became crushed zero for calls to abolish constabulary successful nan aftermath of George Floyd's decease astatine nan hands of a constabulary officer.

Floyd's decease successful Minneapolis successful 2020 sparked days-long riots that spawned nan Black Lives Matter activity that Walz recovered himself caught successful nan crosshairs of arsenic governor.

Civil Rights activists deliberation he didn't do capable to extremity constabulary from responding to unit successful Minneapolis and St. Paul successful nan aftermath of Floyd's death. But Republicans accused him of going excessively acold to restrict rule enforcement from being capable to do their job.

Five years later and nan views connected Walz's consequence stay highly divisive.

Minneapolis mislaid 40 percent of its unit successful nan aftermath of Floyd's decease and nan defund constabulary movement.

Owen says that her husband, a Military veteran, was readying to discontinue nan unit 'right earlier he died.'

She said he was upset by rule enforcement reforms that made his activity excessively dangerous.

Deputy Sheriff Josh Owen was responding to a home unit incident erstwhile he was killed successful nan statement of duty.

Bodycam footage shows nan lawman stepping into an flat wherever 2 officers were already successful place.

The slayer had a weapon hidden nether his leg.

When Deputy Sheriff Owen tried to apprehension nan man, 'that's erstwhile nan feline brought retired his gun,' his woman recalled.

One serviceman was changeable successful nan vest earlier Owen took retired his ain weapon and started firing back.

'You tin spot him reeling. He said: 'I americium shot'. He started to thin complete and past conscionable spilled retired and died.'

The fishy besides died successful nan attack.