WASHINGTON: A survey laid bare the distrust the public harbors toward police in the United States, the same day a funeral was held for a black teenager shot dead by a white policeman.

The fatal August 9 shooting in Ferguson, Missouri of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown has reignited fierce debate about relations between police and African Americans, and police tactics.

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