I think when this is all said and done, we’ll discover we have no mare than an inept police department that cannot provide the known facts of what happened that night.
No drug tests, sobriety, witness reports, gun shot residue. None of the normal things that should be known, to back up their decision not to arrest.
Lesson learned: this can happen anywhere, especially in small towns. Police decision making is the bad guy for certain (unless they come forward with the above facts). Zimmerman, perhaps so and perhaps not.
6 of them according to this...
http://www.sanfordfl.gov/investigation/docs/Twin%20Lakes%20Shooting%20Initial%20Report.pdf
Eric Holder, on invite from the State of Florida , has had the case since March 19th.
He has yet to even ask the state to arrest Zimmerman or pull his CCW.
Has it been established that the police have none of that? Or are you assuming it because the media haven't reported it?
I don't know what you've been reading, so let me help you out.
The first officer to respond, Timothy Smith, handcuffed Zimmerman, took him into custody, took his weapon (which is still in evidence in possession of the Sanford Police) and sent him downtown for questioning. That's not an arrest, but your statement tends to imply they just gave Zimmerman a friendly wave and sent him on his way. The scene was taped off and the major crimes division was called to process and collect physical evidence. The State Attorney's office was called, as well.
Officers canvassed the neighborhood that night and in subsequent days soliciting witness testimony and taking statements.
The lab and medical examiner conducted tests of evidence, including Zimmerman's clothing, which is still in police possession, and an autopsy on Martin.
Police confirm that no sobriety test was conducted on Zimmerman. Maybe there should have been, but you make it sound like there was no investigation at all. That is inexcusably wrong, since all of this information is public and easily accessible.