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Travyon Martin Shooting Death Prompts Calls for Justice Department Inquiry - Lizette Alvarez - NYTimes.com - March 16, 2012

Frustration also grew after the parents said they had been told by detectives that Mr. Zimmerman had a "squeaky clean" record. They knew this, the detectives said, because Mr. Zimmerman told them.

This was addressed early on, by the Sanford Police. Zimmerman - Martin Shooting FAQ (20 kB PDF file)

Why was George Zimmerman labeled as "squeaky clean" when in fact he has a prior arrest history?

In one of the initial meetings with the father of the victim the investigator related to him the account that Mr. Zimmerman provided of the incident. At that time the investigator said that Mr. Zimmerman portrayed himself to be "squeaky clean". We are aware of the background information regarding both individuals involved in this event. We believe Mr. Martin may have misconstrued this information.

As soon as they ran his driver's license, they would have seen any record of an arrest regardless of its outcome. They would not have relied on any characterization coming from the person in question.

-- As soon as they ran his driver's license, they would have seen any record of an arrest regardless of its outcome. --

And without getting into that level of detail, the FAQ says the same thing. I posted this excerpt to support the proposition that Tracy Martin has erred in his interpretation of what he's been told by police. Police say "Zimmerman claimed he was squeaky clean," and Tracy heard "The police have concluded that Zimmerman is squeaky clean." Those two statements are not the same. It shows some sort of error (inattention, memory failure); or a mental deficiency to assign blame to the police for ones own failure to accurately receive a statement.