‘The most dangerous thing I have in my bag are, like, scissors’: UT student stopped by KPD during Hodges incident

His hands shift, unable to keep still, as he recounts the incident in Hodges Library.

“And basically, once the whole building was clear, they let me go,” he said.

On Aug. 25, police responded to a phone call report of an individual with a weapon at Hodges Library on the University of Tennessee’s campus. The phone call turned out to be a hoax, but the swarm of officers to the area prompted confusion and alarm across the university. While no official alerts went out, rumors spread quickly…

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