Quote Originally Posted by Miami area LEO
What I can definitively say is that in Dade County, GZ would have been locked up immediately after the 911 recording was listened to.
Thank God that the rest of Florida does not operate like the Gestapo in Miami.

The Sanford Police Department said officers were prohibited from arresting Zimmerman the night of the shooting because physical evidence and testimony supported his claim that he acted in self-defense in accordance with Florida law. The police department gave the explanation to City Manager Norton Bonaparte, who included it in a letter to the community about the case, posted on the city's website.

Zimmerman said he was driving in his gated community when he saw Martin walking and called 911 to report a suspicious person.

Sonner says his client was injured that night and went to the hospital with a broken nose and a serious cut on the back of his head.