Willie Horton controversy

Target entity: Willie Horton controversy
Context triple: [1988 United States presidential election, notableEvent, Willie Horton controversy]

• A. Rampart scandal
  The Rampart scandal was a major late-1990s corruption and misconduct controversy involving the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Division anti-gang unit, exposing widespread abuses, evidence tampering, and wrongful convictions.
• B. Willie Horton
  Willie Horton is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter best known as a longtime Detroit Tigers star and key contributor to their 1968 World Series championship team.
• C. 1889 Cleveland Street scandal
  The 1889 Cleveland Street scandal was a notorious Victorian-era British sex scandal involving a male brothel in London that implicated members of the aristocracy and raised suspicions of a cover-up to protect high-ranking figures.
• D. Chappaquiddick incident
  The Chappaquiddick incident was a 1969 car accident on Chappaquiddick Island involving Senator Edward M. Kennedy that resulted in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne and had lasting political repercussions for Kennedy's career.
• E. Beecher–Tilton scandal
  The Beecher–Tilton scandal was a highly publicized 1870s adultery and seduction controversy involving famed preacher Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton that captivated and divided Victorian-era American society.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Willie Horton controversy
Target entity description: The Willie Horton controversy was a highly charged political issue in the 1988 U.S. presidential campaign, centered on a convicted murderer who committed violent crimes while on furlough, and used in attack ads to portray Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis as soft on crime.

• A. Rampart scandal
  The Rampart scandal was a major late-1990s corruption and misconduct controversy involving the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Division anti-gang unit, exposing widespread abuses, evidence tampering, and wrongful convictions.
• B. Willie Horton
  Willie Horton is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter best known as a longtime Detroit Tigers star and key contributor to their 1968 World Series championship team.
• C. 1889 Cleveland Street scandal
  The 1889 Cleveland Street scandal was a notorious Victorian-era British sex scandal involving a male brothel in London that implicated members of the aristocracy and raised suspicions of a cover-up to protect high-ranking figures.
• D. Chappaquiddick incident
  The Chappaquiddick incident was a 1969 car accident on Chappaquiddick Island involving Senator Edward M. Kennedy that resulted in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne and had lasting political repercussions for Kennedy's career.
• E. Beecher–Tilton scandal
  The Beecher–Tilton scandal was a highly publicized 1870s adultery and seduction controversy involving famed preacher Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton that captivated and divided Victorian-era American society.
• F. None of above. chosen