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 Mike Freeman is Positive . Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman  declined to confirm the grand jury  citing the secrecy of any such proceeding  but said  he  still intends to make  his  own decision on whether to charge the officer.
Justine Ruszczyk Damond  a 40-year-old life coach  was killed by Minneapolis Officer Mohamed Noor just minutes after she called police to report a possible sexual assault in the alley behind her home. Noor hasn't been charged  and  Freeman  said weeks ago that more investigating was needed in the case. He also told activists in a recorded conversation that he didn't have enough evidence and investigators "haven't done their job."
In recent years   Freeman  has said he would no longer use grand juries to decide whether officers would be charged in police shootings  saying he would make those decisions himself to provide more accountability and transparency.
Marsh Halberg  a criminal defense attorney who is not connected to this case  said it could give  Freeman  a strategic advantage by requiring witnesses to testify under oath and lock down witness testimony in advance of a possible trial. Still  Halberg said  it's unclear whether a grand jury can be used strictly for investigative purposes on the state level  and it's not something he has seen in his 40-year career.
Halberg said  Freeman  could be using the grand jury as "a tactical reason to get evidence from people who are maybe refusing to testify."
Robert Bennett  an attorney for the Damond family  said he and the family support  Freeman 's use of the grand jury and think it's the right thing to do. Bennett said it's disappointing that subpoenas were necessary to get witnesses  including police officers  to be truthful.
Noor's attorney  Thomas Plunkett  issued a statement saying  Freeman 's comments "leave me unclear as to what he is doing." He added that "it would be unethical and potentially unlawful to comment publicly on this development. Worse â any public comment would jeopardize the fairness of an important judicial function."
The grand jury process has been criticized for its secrecy and because it rarely results in charges against officers.  Freeman  broke precedent with the standard practice of using grand juries to decide charges in police shootings after the November 2015 death of Jamar Clark.  Freeman  noted at that time that grand juries had been used to consider police shootings in  his  county for more than 40 years and no officers had been indicted.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Denny Hamlin is Negative . Denny Hamlin  is one of 12 drivers that advanced to the second round of the 2017 playoffs. (Photo: Matthew O'Haren  USA TODAY Sports)
As team sponsorship dollars continue to dwindle   NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin  said  he  thinks racecar drivers who risk their lives should be paid on par with NBA and NFL athletes.
âWeâre way underpaid as racecar drivers â  Hamlin  said  via ESPN and NBC Sports  at a charity event Wednesday in Charlotte. âThereâs no doubt  doing what we do  the schedule that we have and the danger that we incur every single week  NASCAR drivers should be making NBA  NFL money.
âI'm sure this will be in some headline somewhere where  Denny  says drivers aren't paid enough  but I'm basing it off all other sports. I'm not including  myself . I'm including the back half of the field â those drivers are risking the same amount I am and they should be paid a hell of a lot more."
PHOTOS:  DENNY HAMLIN  THROUGH THE YEARS
âThe pie has to be shifted for sure â  Hamlin  said. âThe TV dollars coming into NASCAR is higher than itâs ever been  but weâre seeing fewer and fewer (sponsored racing) teams  and it just canât survive. So it economically doesnât make sense. The pie  the amount of TV money that the race teams share  has to go up  in my opinion.
According to Forbes   Hamlin  was the third-highest paid driver in 2016. Hamlin  who opened 2016 by winning the Daytona 500 and finished the season ranked sixth in the final standings  earned $15.2 million from salary  bonuses  prize money  endorsements and licensing. Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson  who won his seventh championship last year  was the top earner with $21.8 million.

SOLUTION: no

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Las Vegas-based Bigelow is Neutral . Built by  Las Vegas-based Bigelow  the company  now has  its  eye on taking  its  blow-up living area far beyond the space station  all the way to the moon.
Partnering with United Launch Alliance a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin Space Systems  Bigelow  said  it  hopes to send put the B330 expandable space habitat into lunar orbit by 2022.
Announcing the ambitious project this week   Bigelow  president Robert Bigelow said the fully autonomous space station would provide anchorage "for significant lunar business development in addition to offering NASA and other governments the moon as a new  exciting location to conduct long-term exploration and astronaut training.
 Bigelow  said  his  "lunar depot plan is a strong complement to other plans intended to eventually put people on Mars." Indeed  researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have suggested that billions of dollars could be saved by using the moon as a pit-stop for eventual missions to the red planet.

SOLUTION:
no