A mother’s story - what happened to Sean
What happened-
On May 16, 2007, at about 3:45 am, Sean was leaving a local bar in Greenville when a car pulled up beside him, a young man got out of the car, came around the car approached my son and called him fagot and then punched him so hard that it broke his face bones, he fell back and hit the asphalt. This resulted in his brain to be separated from his brain stem and ricochet in his head. Sean never had a chance. Sean’s killer got back into the car and left my son dying there.
A little later he left a message on one of the girl’s phone, who knew Sean saying: “You tell your fagot friend that when he wakes up he owes me $500 for my broken hand”.
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This is taken from http://www.seanslastwish.com Sean William Kennedy was killed for being gay. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it.
South Carolina does not have a hate crime statute. Of course, killing someone in this way should earn the criminal a long sentence, regardless of his or her motives. There are good people on both sides of that question, but there is only one side of Sean's murder.
This Thursday, April 10th at 8 PM, Sean's family will be at Winthrop University to talk about Sean, his murder, and the legislation they want to see enacted in South Carolina. I don't have a location yet, but as soon as I do I will post it here.
I hope that some of you will be able to come. If you are interested in knowing more about this, visit www.seanslastwish.com
Gregg
Mother of murdered son to speak at Winthrop April 10th
Elke Kennedy writes vividly about her son's murder in Greenville, SC on May 16th 2007 at the website of Sean's Last Wish Foundation. She and other members of Sean's family will appear in the Tillman Auditorium in Tillman Hall on the Winthrop University campus in Rock Hill, SC Thursday, April 10th at 8:00 PM. This is a fundraising event for the foundation.