pistol. reporter: if any of the zimmermans are called to testify, a letter written by his mother might provide a preview of what they might say on the witness stand. written earlier this year on the anniversary of her son s arrest, zimmerman s mother wrote april 11, 2012 will be forever remembered by the zimmerman family as the day the justice system failed us as americans. and as a consequence, an innocent man was arrested for a crime he did not commit. solely to placate the masses. randi kaye, cnn, atlanta. joining us again the opinion. the prosecution might call sabrina fulton, trayvon martin s mother on friday. mark, you think it s likely that it would be wise for the defense to call members of the george zimmerman family specifically to talk about their claims that it s george zimmerman s voice calling for help on the 911. i think they absolutely will
reporter: a representative that rejected him to be a police officer. he had a problem with his credit? yes, sir. that would be a reason why you wouldn t be accepted as a police officer. that s the reason why we didn t. yes, sir. zimmerman s past could haunt him if jurors are swayed by the picture prosecutors are trying to paint. a wanna be cop who went too far and less than forthcoming on how well he knew the law on tv. prior to this night, this incident, had you heard stand your ground? no, sir. you never heard about it before? no. he told the court part of the course he taught covered self-defense laws with a focus on florida laws like stand your ground and zimmerman aced the class. he was probably one of the better students in the class. reporter: zimmerman s defense team argued his past training
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talking about. this hearing going on in the courtroom right now. prosecutors fighting to get zimmerman s to show he was obsessed with becoming a police officer. zimmerman s attorney, mark o mara said if that stuff is admitted, well, listen. i think if they start bringing what was in george s background to the table, it brings what trayvon martin brings to the table, all his violent acts that we know about and the fighting he was involved in. whatever george may have done in the background should not be on the table, as well. is that fair? i ll post that question to sunny hostin. sunny? that s an argument that the defense has made and is going to make, but i don t think it makes a lot of sense in the legal world because, you know, what is at issue here is what was in george zimmerman s mind. this is a second degree murder case. not what was in trayvon martin s
security number and his address at the time. that would be the address at the time he filed the application? yes, sir. it would indicate that ethnicity. yes, sir. it would indicate gender? yes, sir. is that what that means? g ? i d have to some of them were rather an believiated and cryptic. yes, sir. that s correct. g would be gender and then mr. would be mr. yes. a guy? yes, sir. spanish? that would be any languages spoken other than english. so that it would indicate that mr. zimmerman s by lingual. it would indicate that he stated that he knew another language other than english.