Posted on Jul 7, 2022
Georgia prosecutor calls explosion at 'America's Stonehenge' an act of domestic terrorism
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A Georgia prosecutor described the apparent targeting of a mysterious monument with an explosive device as an "act of domestic terrorism," saying Thursday that the alleged crime was aimed at the county authorities that own the site.
“The destruction of a public building by explosive is inherently intended to influence the actions of the governing authority that owns the structure,” Parks White, the Northern Judicial Circuit district attorney, said in an email about the Wednesday explosion of the Georgia Guidestones.
“The use of violence to sway or alter the behavior of any government agency is terrorism,” said White, whose office would handle a potential prosecution.
The Elbert County Board of Commissioners is the site's governing authority, he said.
“The destruction of a public building by explosive is inherently intended to influence the actions of the governing authority that owns the structure,” Parks White, the Northern Judicial Circuit district attorney, said in an email about the Wednesday explosion of the Georgia Guidestones.
“The use of violence to sway or alter the behavior of any government agency is terrorism,” said White, whose office would handle a potential prosecution.
The Elbert County Board of Commissioners is the site's governing authority, he said.
Georgia prosecutor calls explosion at 'America's Stonehenge' an act of domestic terrorism
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The group wanted to leave messages for future generations, the account says. According to a lengthy story about the site published by Wired in 2009, the Guidestones functioned as a clock, calendar and compass, and those messages — engraved in eight languages — were intended to function as a post-apocalyptic guide for survivors.
That guidance included keeping the planet's population under 500 million "in perpetual balance with nature" and creating a "living new language" to unite humanity.
According to the Wired account, the site had previously been targeted with spray-painted messages, including "Jesus will beat u satanist” and “No one world government.”
A recent Republican gubernatorial candidate, Kandiss Taylor, pledged to turn the monument “to dust” if elected. She placed third in the state's May 24 primary. In a tweet Wednesday, she said she believed God struck down "the Satanic Guidestones."
In a separate video, Taylor said she didn't support demolishing the monument through extra-legal means and added that the person behind the explosion "should be brought to justice."
In his statement Wednesday, White said that "regardless of your feelings about the origin of the Guide Stones, their meaning, or the intention of the person who commissioned and erected them, they are a historical landmark, and this destructive act was an assault upon our community."
..."The group wanted to leave messages for future generations, the account says. According to a lengthy story about the site published by Wired in 2009, the Guidestones functioned as a clock, calendar and compass, and those messages — engraved in eight languages — were intended to function as a post-apocalyptic guide for survivors.
That guidance included keeping the planet's population under 500 million "in perpetual balance with nature" and creating a "living new language" to unite humanity.
According to the Wired account, the site had previously been targeted with spray-painted messages, including "Jesus will beat u satanist” and “No one world government.”
A recent Republican gubernatorial candidate, Kandiss Taylor, pledged to turn the monument “to dust” if elected. She placed third in the state's May 24 primary. In a tweet Wednesday, she said she believed God struck down "the Satanic Guidestones."
In a separate video, Taylor said she didn't support demolishing the monument through extra-legal means and added that the person behind the explosion "should be brought to justice."
In his statement Wednesday, White said that "regardless of your feelings about the origin of the Guide Stones, their meaning, or the intention of the person who commissioned and erected them, they are a historical landmark, and this destructive act was an assault upon our community."
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Really not much to see there. I visited once and was often in the area when I built a retaining wall from scrap granite from Elberton.
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