Given a document and an entity the task is to select the author's sentiment towards the entity. Sentiments can be Positive, Neutral and Negative. Select Positive if the article expresses a positive view towards the given entity or praises its quality or skills. Select Neutral if the document expresses no clear view towards the entity or has equal amounts of positive and negative statements or expressing some fact/quote by someone else. Select Negative if the article expresses a negative view towards like harsh remarks, criticizing entities action/decision etc. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rene Boucher ? Paul said  neighbor Rene Boucher  attacked  him  in November while  he  was mowing  his  lawn and wearing headphones.  The Kentucky senator  received six broken ribs and developed pneumonia from the incident  and has described the injuries as a âliving hell.â
 Boucher âs attorney  Matthew Baker  said the retired anesthesiologist shouldnât be jailed  and would pay Paul restitution for his injuries.
Boucher  58  has lived next to  the senator  for years in an upscale subdivision of Bowling Green. The two  though  have disagreed on lawn maintenance.
 Boucher  said  he  saw Paul stacking brush onto an existing pile  and on the day of the incident heâd had âenoughâ â and executed a ârunning tackleâ of Paul. Because  the senator  didnât see  Boucher  coming   he  didnât brace for the impact.
After the incident   Boucher  pleaded not guilty to fourth-degree assault charges.
No date has been set for  Boucher âs sentencing.
[A]: Neutral


[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Dana White ? âDespite the government shutdown  (the department) determined the operational necessity of television and radio broadcasts constitutes them as essential activities â  chief Defense Department spokeswoman Dana White  said. âWe will continue to find solutions to support our troops at home and abroad.â
 Her  announcement followed outcry about overseas U.S. service members not being able to see the two games Sunday afternoon  particularly since officials have said military personnel wonât get paid during the furlough  which started overnight Friday.
 White  described some legal and manpower maneuvering to get the games on air.  She  said two of the eight Armed Forces Network channels -- news and sports -- will remain on  despite the network being run by civilians  who have been furloughed in the shutdown.
âWith minimal manning  we can keep the sports channel up without incurring any additional cost or manpower-complying with shutdown guidance  " White  said in a statement. âThanks to uniform leadership at AFN  our comptroller and legal team.â
 She  said the news channel remains on because the contract has already been paid and the sports channel was turned on because âit doesn't cost any more money or manpower to manage a second channel.â
Still   White  had some sharp words for Congress  whose failure to pass a temporary spending resulted in the shutdown.
âThe shutdown requires us to do a lot of tedious work â  she  said. âCongress needs to pass a budget.â
[A]: Neutral


[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Dante Servin ? There's  no question that Chicago police detective Dante Servin killed Rekia Boyd when he fired five shots at a group of people in a dark West Side alley .  The question  is whether  his  actions were justified because  he  had a reasonable fear that  his  life was in danger.
We'll never know the answer  because Cook County Judge Dennis Porter got stuck on a different question: Should  Servin  have been charged with a more serious crime than involuntary manslaughter?
 Servin 's trial ended Monday with a directed verdict of not guilty because Porter decided prosecutors had aimed too low.
 Servin  was off duty and in  his  personal car when  he  got in a shouting match with the group in March 2012.  His  lawyers say  he  drew  his  gun and fired when Antonio Cross pulled an object from  his  waistband and pointed it at  Servin .  Boyd  was hit in the back of the head.  She  died two days later.  She  was 22.
After three days of testimony  Porter abruptly ended  Servin 's bench trial. He said prosecutors had shown "beyond a reasonable doubt" that Servin killed  Boyd   and that the officer fired the shots knowing they were likely to cause great bodily harm or death. Those elements would add up to first-degree murder  the judge said  unless  Servin  could prove he acted in self defense. But  Servin  never had to make that case.
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To win a conviction on the involuntary manslaughter charge  prosecutors needed to prove that  Servin  acted recklessly — without regard for the risks.
 Servin  couldn't be convicted of first-degree murder because  he  was charged with involuntary manslaughter. And  he  couldn't be convicted of involuntary manslaughter  Porter said  because there was no evidence of reckless behavior.
The appellate courts said the evidence supported a first-degree murder conviction and the defendants weren't entitled to be tried on a less serious charge. Their convictions were upheld.  Servin 's outcome turns that on  its  head.
We asked around and found some attorneys who agreed with Porter's reasoning and some who didn't. It's not subject to appeal  because  Servin  was found not guilty. The case is over.
 Servin  did not help matters with  his  comments to reporters after the verdict.  He  repeated  his  contention that Boyd's death was an accident — let's be clear   the judge  said no such thing — and said  he  was lucky not to be "a police death statistic."
"Antonio Cross is a would-be cop killer  and that's all I have to say "  Servin  said.
 Servin  was making an off-duty burger run in  his  personal car when the confrontation occurred.  He  was not putting  his  life on the line to serve and protect.
Cross is not a would-be cop killer.  His  "weapon" turned out to be a cell phone. An aggravated assault charge against  him  was dropped in March 2013  the same day the city agreed to a $4.5 million wrongful death settlement with Boyd's relatives.
[A]:
Neutral