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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Forrest Claypool ? Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday continued to defend his handpicked Chicago Public Schools chief in the face of a searing inspector generalâs report that accuses district CEO Forrest Claypool of engaging in a âfull-blown cover-upâ to ward off an ethics probe.
 Claypool  ârepeatedly liedâ during the investigation by denying  he  had asked an attorney to alter a bill for legal advice on an ethics issue involving the districtâs top attorney  said Inspector General Nicholas Schuler  who has recommended that  Claypool  be fired. âIâm not looking at freaking bills  â Claypool  said in one interview with investigators  according to Schulerâs report.
âAt every turn in this matter   Claypool  kept making matters worse. And it appears that  his  decisions were driven by a clear desire to keep information harmful to  his  narrative from the Board  the OIG and the public â Schuler wrote.
 Claypool  met privately with school board members on Thursday and issued a lengthy statement in which  he  apologized for âmistakes in judgmentâ while defending  his  legacy and making it clear  he  disagrees with Schulerâs interpretation of CPS ethics policy.
âTo put this in perspective: This situation is about how I zealously tried to get Chicago students their fair share of state education dollars  after years and years of racial discrimination  and getting those kids the best possible legal representation â said  Claypool   who canceled a scheduled appearance at a North Side elementary school on Thursday. He did not directly address Schulerâs most damaging allegations.
Claypoolâs alleged cover-up turned an investigation into whether district attorney Ronald Marmer violated CPS ethics policies on contracts and business relationships into a call for  Claypoolâs  termination. Schuler also is recommending that Marmer be disciplined with a âlengthy suspension or even termination.â
Marmer is one of several of  Claypool 's former colleagues and past political donors who have won district jobs and consulting contracts. He has received annual payments of roughly $200 000 as severance from the law firm of Jenner & Block in addition to his CPS salary.
Three attorneys on a CPS ethics committee concluded Marmer couldnât manage the contract because his severance payments created a âbusiness relationshipâ with Jenner.. A fourth CPS attorney  Joseph Moriarty  was told of the committeeâs decision and agreed with it. Moriarty told Schuler that Marmer âbecame concerned by the decision â and was going to speak with  Claypool .
 Claypool  and Marmer then turned to former CPS general counsel Patrick Rocks for another opinion  Schuler said. In a conference call with  Claypool  and two other attorneys  Rocks said he agreed with CPS' legal consensus.
 So Claypool  and Marmer decided to ask labor attorney James Franczek for his take. Franczek also agreed with the previous opinions  which didnât go down well with  Claypool  and Marmer. He later sent an email to Moriarty that said âI think I am off the xmas card list.â
 Claypool  ultimately turned to political donor J. Timothy Eaton  who  according to Schulerâs report  served as a teacherâs assistant for a college course  Claypool  took while Eaton was a law student.
 âClaypool  attempted to paper over the opinions of the six attorneys with Eatonâs letter â Schuler wrote in his report. In addition  after the IGâs investigation had begun  Marmer complained about Franczekâs bill  which had âCPSâs Code of Ethicsâ and âethics issuesâ listed on it.  Claypool  asked Franczek to change the listings. Franczek then crossed out the entries and hand wrote âpersonnelâ and âpersonnel issuesâ in their place  the report says.
Franczek delivered the reworded invoice back to  Claypool  with a cover letter marked âFor Forrest Claypoolâs Eyes Only.â
In interviews with the IG during the investigation   Claypool â unequivocally  emphatically and repeatedlyâ denied  he  had asked Franczek to make changes to the bill  and said â he  would never have been involved in such lowly billing matters.â
But last month  in a letter to Schuler's office   Claypool  apologized for intervening to reword the invoice.  Claypool 's letter acknowledged Schuler had documents that contradicted the CEO's initial claim.
â He  turned 180 degrees from claiming certain memory to no memory at all â Schuler wrote in  his  report. â His  letter was designed to taint the Boardâs reception of the OIGâs final report by falsely portraying lies on two separate occasions as mere lapses of memory.â
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Neutral


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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Alexei Navalny ? A Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Tuesday said the US was meddling in Russia ' s coming presidential election by condemning the decision to bar  the opposition candidate Alexei Navalny  from running . " This State Department statement   which I ' m sure will be repeated   is a direct interference in our electoral process and internal affairs  " the spokeswoman wrote . Russia ' s Election Commission barred  Navalny  from running last week   citing a previous embezzlement conviction . The European Court of Human Rights has called that conviction " arbitrary " and " unreasonable ." The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Tuesday accused the US of " direct interference in our electoral process and internal affairs " following the State Department ' s criticism of Russia ' s decision to bar the opposition leader Alexey Navalny from running in the coming presidential election against Vladimir Putin . " This State Department statement   which I ' m sure will be repeated   is a direct interference in our electoral process and internal affairs  " Zakharova wrote Tuesday on Facebook . In a statement shared with Business Insider on Tuesday night   a State Department representative expressed concern over the Russian government ' s " ongoing crackdown against independent voices   from journalists to civil society activists and opposition politicians ." " These actions indicate the Russian government has failed to protect space in Russia for the exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms  " the statement said . " More broadly   we urge the government of Russia to hold genuine elections that are transparent   fair   and free and that guarantee the free expression of the will of the people   consistent with its international human rights obligations ." " And these people expressed outrage over alleged Russian ' interference ' in their electoral process for an entire year ?!" " The funniest thing is that these are the same people who just tagged RT and Sputnik as foreign agents   who are harassing Russian media around the world and who are investing huge amounts of money into ' countering Russian propaganda  ' which is how they label anyone who they disagree with  " she wrote . A declassified US intelligence assessment of the 2016 election determined that Russian government actors   ordered by Putin   used " cyber tools and media campaigns to influence US public opinion " and " undermine public faith in the US democratic process ." Russian government - linked actors   it said   " began openly supporting President - elect Trump ' s candidacy in media aimed at English - speaking audiences " in March 2016 . Those media outlets included Sputnik and RT   which the report characterized as " the Kremlin ’ s principal international propaganda outlet ." Sputnik and RT ' s US affiliate registered as foreign agents with the Justice Department in November . Navalny to announce ' a voters ' strike ' Navalny   a lawyer and activist   replaced Boris Nemtsov as leader of Russia ' s democratic opposition following Nemtsov ' s 2015 assassination in the shadow of the Kremlin . One day after  Navalny  registered as a candidate for Russia ' s next presidential election   which will be held in March   Russia ' s Central Election Commission barred him from running   citing a previous embezzlement conviction   according to the state - run media outlet RIA - Novosti .  Navalny  has known since February — when  he  was handed a suspended five - year jail term for embezzlement in a case that  his  supporters have characterized as politically motivated — that  he  would not be allowed on the ballot . The European Court of Human Rights determined in October that the conviction was " arbitrary and manifestly unreasonable ." Ella Pamfilova   the head of the CEC   told Russia ' s TV Rain in June that Navalny " understands himself that he has no chance of being registered for the election due to his previous conviction ." She accused him later of " fundraising illegally and brainwashing young people ." Putin   who has refused to utter Navalny ' s name   said during his marathon end - of - year press conference earlier this month that the opposition was hoping for a " coup " but would not succeed . " Do you want us to have coup attempts here ?" " We ' ve already been through all that . You want to go back to that ? I am sure that the overwhelming majority of Russian citizens do not want this and will not stand for it ." Navalny ' s lawyer told CNN on Monday that he would appeal the decision . But  Navalny  has said he and his movement will organize a boycott of the vote if he is not allowed to run . " We are announcing a voters ' strike  "  Navalny  said in a video posted to his blog this week . " The procedure in which we are invited to participate is not an election . It involves only Putin and those candidates whom he personally chose   who do not pose a slightest threat to him ."
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Negative


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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Austin Wells ? La Porte County Deputy Austin Wells  pulled a driver over near Michigan City Tuesday morning for speeding when  he  realized the woman was choking  ABC station WLS reported.
"I was kind of in shock  to be honest with you. I have made hundreds of traffic stops "  Wells  told reporters during a press conference Wednesday  WLS reported.
 Wells  said  he  was traveling southbound when  he  clocked a vehicle traveling in the other direction at 70 miles per hour in a 45 mile-per-hour zone.
After pulling over the woman for speeding   Wells  said  he  noticed she was struggling to breathe.
"The driver had a very deep reddish  almost purple look in her face and her lips were a little blue tint "  Wells  said. "She kept making a couple of gestures towards me that she was unable to breathe."
 Wells  said  he  pulled the woman  65  from her car and performed the Heimlich maneuver and dislodged "what ended up being a honey mustard nut from her airway."
"She was very thankful. She just kept repeating  'Thank you  thank you.' She was very scared and I would have been too if I was in that situation "  he  added.
When paramedics arrived   Wells  said the woman refused medical treatment and continued on her way.
When asked if  he  felt like a hero   Wells  said: "I feel like I was just doing my job and I was happy I was in the right place at the right time. It felt a lot better than issuing a citation or a warning  that's for sure."
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Positive