When I was attending UT there was a murder in one of the dorms (later said to be “drug related”). This would have been late ’76 to early ’77. A student thought his room mate was sleeping a lot and finally checked him and found he was dead from a gun shot. If I remember correctly, the UT police waited to notify the Knoxville police which resulted in a pissing match between the two over whether or not the UT police were real police or a bunch of Barney Fife wannabees. From what I saw of them, the latter fit. I realize now that this didn’t really happen, as both drugs and firearms were prohibited then.
January 8th, 2014 at 7:18 pm
When I was attending UT there was a murder in one of the dorms (later said to be “drug related”). This would have been late ’76 to early ’77. A student thought his room mate was sleeping a lot and finally checked him and found he was dead from a gun shot. If I remember correctly, the UT police waited to notify the Knoxville police which resulted in a pissing match between the two over whether or not the UT police were real police or a bunch of Barney Fife wannabees. From what I saw of them, the latter fit. I realize now that this didn’t really happen, as both drugs and firearms were prohibited then.