On Monday, Nov. 17, a man named Benjamin Wemp was tried for possession of a firearm on school property from an incident last October in which he was carrying two revolvers, an ammunition belt and a knife.
Eli Warnock, a senior biological sciences major, testified in the trial. Warnock was the student who called Clemson University Police Department upon seeing Wemp in front of Clemson’s Mell Hall with a revolver on his hip.
Warnock said in an interview with The Tiger that on the day of the arrest, Wemp was dressed in dark clothing and appeared to be with a religious organization, “Visions for the World.” Warnock said that Wemp and another similarly dressed individual almost appeared to be “bodyguards for the pastor” who was speaking…