TASK DEFINITION: Given a document, an entity and its sentiment towards the entity, verify if it is the correct sentiment towards the entity. Answer should be yes or no. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ed Gillespie is Positive . A television ad depicting minority children running from a pickup truck sporting a bumper sticker for Virginia Republican Ed Gillespie  is designed to criticize the gubernatorial candidate’s ties to President Trump — and to address concerns that Democratic candidate Ralph Northam is struggling to connect with minority voters  according to people familiar with the strategy.
 The ad  was removed late Tuesday after a terrorism attack in New York City involved a pickup truck running down people on a bike path.
But before  it  was removed   it  was designed to appeal to Latino voters. Public polling shows Northam easily beating Gillespie among black and Latino voters  but a recent private poll shared widely among minority advocacy groups sparked worry about the Democrat’s appeal. Northam’s campaign urged the groups not to release the poll’s findings  according to multiple people familiar with the matter — a point not disputed by his campaign.
In the weeks since the poll was conducted  progressive groups have worked to tie  Gillespie  to Trump  whose approval rating among Latinos nationwide hovers in the teens. They worry that if  Gillespie  wins   his  campaign ads — which raised concerns about illegal immigration and “sanctuary cities” and voiced support for Confederate-era monuments — could be replicated nationwide next year by GOP candidates eager to turn out conservative voters.
Seeking to shore up support among younger and Latino voteres  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) campaigned for Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie  spotted to Rubio’s right in the background  on Oct. 30  2017  in Sterling Va. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)
Alex’s group produced the new ad  “American Nightmare ” which features four young children — two Latino boys  an African American child and a Muslim girl wearing a headscarf — running from a white man driving a pickup truck adorned with the  Gillespie  sticker and a Confederate flag. The truck chases the children through a suburban neighborhood into a dead-end alley — at which point the children awake from a bad dream.
[Ad features minority kids chased by truck adorned with  Gillespie  sticker  Confederate flag]
[How Ed Gillespie went from ‘big tent’ Republican to culture warrior]
A Washington Post-Schar School poll released Tuesday did not poll enough Latino voters to generate a measurable sample. But among nonwhite voters overall  Northam leads  Gillespie  73 percent to 17 percent — similar to Clinton’s margins in Virginia last year. Other statewide polls conducted last month by the Wason Center and Fox News showed Northam trouncing  Gillespie  among nonwhite voters.
[ Gillespie  appears with Sen. Rubio as protesters accuse him of racism]
“Ed Gillespie talks about us  he demonizes us with divisive and racist language  calling us criminals ” an announcer says in Spanish. “Let’s not allow Trump’s policies in Virginia.”
[Obama rips into  Gillespie ’s MS-13 ads  calls them “as cynical as politics gets”]

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jamie Weis is Negative . The original lawyers were replaced with salaried public defenders  who do not usually work on capital cases. Those lawyers asked to withdraw  saying they did not have the time  financing or qualifications to properly pursue a death penalty case. Weis argued that he should have had the first legal team  and refused to work with the second.
 The fight continued for the next two years; in that time  Weis' mother  who was expected to testify on his behalf  died.
 Justice Harold D. Melton  writing for a four-justice majority  found that the trial delay was "brought about by Weis and his attorneys  and not the funding issues." Countering arguments that there had been a "systemic breakdown in the public defender system " he said  "There are still attorneys within that system who are available to represent the criminal defendant."
 In dissent  Justice Hugh P. Thompson wrote that the Constitution requires that Weis receive a "vigorous defense " and that Georgia "cannot shirk this responsibility because it is experiencing budgetary constraints."

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ed Marsico is Positive . Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty fired at a Harrisburg police officer on Friday afternoon and later at a state trooper  wounding her before pursuing  her  Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico  said.
"He fired several shots at a Capitol police officer and at a Pennsylvania state police trooper in marked vehicles "  Marsico  told reporters  flanked by state police  Capitol police and FBI officials.
The gunfire began shortly after 4 p.m. Friday  when the man fired several shots at a state Capitol officer in downtown Harrisburg  striking his car several times and sending one shot "that went very close to hitting him "  Marsico  said. About 20 or 30 minutes later  he fired several shots at the state trooper  striking her with one of those shots.
The trooper is "doing well " is in good condition and is expected to make a full recovery   Marsico  said.
"He approached them with two handguns ... firing many shots at those police officers " and the officers returned fire  killing him   Marsico  said.
El-Mofty had ties to the Middle East and recently traveled there  but the motive for the attack was unknown   Marsico  said.
 Marsico  asked for information from the public about the man  who also had ties to the city and  its  western suburbs across the Susquehanna River.  He  declined to comment on whether the man was known to police.
"That's not  his  behavior at all " said Soweilam  co-owner of a Halal store in Camp Hill. "That's not  him . I still don't believe it."

SOLUTION:
yes