Cherie Sweeney eventually removes post after social uproar

Update on from last entry post: The abuse of Cherie Sweeney and her fake Charity Org, NARK.

 

There was no apology from Cherie Sweeney for instigating a hate campaign due to her post on the page, directing social abuse being hurled toward a woman she didn’t know or the factual circumstances that had taken place.  This women had not been charged or arrested for anything, and the Police had already posted on her post thread to inform the public. Interesting enough Cherie and her fake Org NARK are not mentioned in this article. However Cherie still portrays to the public that NARK is a real Org.

News item from Stuff.co.nz News:

Baby briefly unattended at KFC

 Last updated 18:25 04/12/2014

Baby briefly unattended at KFC

A Hastings mother will be referred to Child, Youth and Family after a baby boy was left briefly unattended at a fast-food outlet.

Sergeant Glen Yule said the mother and child arrived at the Hastings KFC restaurant with the baby’s grandmother at 12.30pm on Wednesday. The adults began to argue and left the store.
The child was in a baby capsule, which the mother put on the floor before following the grandmother into the car park.

The pair argued for a few minutes and the mother then returned for her baby.
By this time, concerned customers had picked up the child to care for it, and refused to give it back to its mother, Yule said.
“There was some confusion in the store about the mother’s intentions, and some customers became concerned and took it upon themselves to keep the baby safe.

“The mother made some unfortunate comments that may have been misconstrued.”
Fellow customer Shelly Bartlett said she could not believe the mother left her child, even for a minutes. “She didn’t even buy any food, just dumped the baby and left.
“I heard her say she didn’t even want him.”

The police were called and the boy was returned to the mother and grandmother’s care. As was normal practice, a referral would be made to Child, Youth and Family, Yule said.

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Since our last post (Link here), the following update has been posted on Cherie Sweeney’s Stop death and abuse of children’s Facebook page. Link here:

Her previous post was removed and this is the new post:

Dated 4/12/2014

STOP Death and Abuse of our Children

Yesterday at 14:08 ·

Thank you to all our community people who spoke up and have helped actioned this mummy to get support. Without your concerns we would not have been able to awhi and get your voices heard.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/…/638…/Baby-briefly-unattended-at-KFC

Baby unattended at KFC

A Hastings mother will be referred to Child, Youth and Family after a baby boy was left briefly unattended at a fast-food outlet.

stuff.co.nz

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  Mel Lee, Jadene Heatherwick, Jaylene O'Keeffe and 5 others like this.
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  Mahara Tahuhu I'm pleased to see you've removed the misleading post alleging the baby was abandoned. Well done for taking this step.
  I only hope you can now make things right by acknowledging on this page that the previous post was misleading and that it caused unnecessary aded distress and harm to the mother, her whanau and community. A simple retraction can do wonders. I sincerely hope you'll make the positive choice to follow up the removal of the aforementioned post with this second action.

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  STOP Death and Abuse of our Children Retract what? We will continue to support our community members who have concerns for our kids. This is what NARK does. Support those who speak up. The kaupapa is to empower and encourage them to whakamanahia them.

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  Mahara Tahuhu Why, retract your allegation that the woman 'abandoned' the baby, of course. Or did you forget it (and that inflammatory screenshot) immediately once you'd deleted the OP?
  I made several salient points in my last comment under that post in regards to the damage social media can do when folks are given incorrect or inaccurate information and the dangers of induly influencing public opinion. I do hope you read and considered them before you deleted the post using the word 'abandoned' with the accompanying screenshot which was both damning and inflammatory (and seemingly an inaccurate version of events now that we have more information).
  Considering your continued refusal to acknowledge that you were a bit hasty and unwise in your choice of material when you posted your OP though, I suspect you didn't consider in great depth what I wrote previously - assuming you read it at all.

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  STOP Death and Abuse of our Children Have you had a talk to anyone involved? They are sticking by their korero & know facts. I am not going to go on but simply there were multiple concerns from different people and they were justified. The mum in question is now receiving the urgent help she requires. Respect your opinion but doesnt mean I agree with all you say.

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  Mahara Tahuhu As previously stated, you did use the word 'abandoned' and the screenshot you put up accused this mother of trying to drive away from the location. It also said there were two people with the mother but the police summary of events said she was accompanied only by her own mother, with whom she was arguing.
  There is a world of difference between two people arguing in a car park and three people getting in a car and trying to drive off - surely you agree with that, at least? Therefore surely you can appreciate that regardless of your good intentions you used words and evidence that were inaccurate. As a result this woman was abused and vilified on social media. Rationalise your aims any way you like, but your choices didn't show her you supported her. Conversely, it demonised her. You really, really need to acknowledge this. I feel it's important.
  How much you believe of the witness accounts is irrelevant (and as I said in earlier posts, witness accounts are not 100% reliable, emotion is contagious and there are many factors which can influence their recollection whether directly or indirectly - if you like I can do a quick hunt for examples as psychological research has examined this behaviour).
  The relevant point is that inaccurate information was posted publicly on social media. It was shared and seen by a great deal of people who then formed an opinion based on the (inaccurate) information they read. That is what I'm referring to when I encourage you to retract your original accusation.

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  Mahara Tahuhu Additionally, an impartial third party who does not personally know any of those involved and has not been influenced by emotionally driven witness account is in an excellent position to critically analyse the consequences of posts like the original, hence why I'm continuing to reiterate my points.

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  Rhiannon Victoria Exactly as I had suspected, people jumping to conclusions, flinging accusations, demanding they don't give the baby back. All based on one persons account. I hate how people are so quick to judge in these situations without even knowing the facts! Whats gives us the right to be judge n jury...? I hope ya'll dont ever have to be in a situation like that... :/

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  STOP Death and Abuse of our Children The information NARK has was based on several peoples account not just 1. Agree re not being Judge & Jury

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  Jayden Langley Finally some positive comments. This is my family and they amount of negative, hurting comments and false information that were said was just inappropriate. I wasn't there but reading all the comments about my mum especially was hurting but that FB for yah.

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  Claire Bryant I think this had been blown out of proportion big time hope baby and mum are ok. It's not easy being a parent. I don't think what she did is right but it has been made into a big drama

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  Keri Herd For god sake I fight with my husband does that mean that mychildren are unsafe?? no way, the fact this mum moved it away from her child is commendable her baby was not in any emmediate danger and the mum returned another case of wasting cyf time when there are children that are getting beaten and murdered. I feel sorry for the mum and I think this whole welldone for getting your voices heard when not one person on this site was there yet you bullied the authorities into setting cyfs on this mum!!!

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  Nicola Hanna I'm confused. If the link to the article is correct a mother still walked out of a shop purposefully leaving her baby behind. For whatever reason this isn't and never would be okay in any circumstance. I'm glad she had been referred to CYFS and hope she can get the support and assistance she needs to be a better parent.

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