Criminal justice reform took center stage in the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday night, with Tim Kaine and Mike Pence offering dramatically different visions of policing the US. Since 2015 the Guardian project The Counted has been counting the people killed by US law enforcement agencies, in the absence of any comprehensive record kept by the US government. Trump on trial: Kaine calls on Pence to defend running mate in debate Read moreAt the debate in Farmville, Virginia, Pence categorically denied there was racial bias in policing tactics. Most public research on race and law enforcement provides evidence that black people are more likely to be stopped by police. While Pence echoed the need for criminal justice reform, he did not specify the policies a Trump administration would pursue.

Source: The Guardian October 05, 2016 12:42 UTC