PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. Postage Paid DALLAS, TX PERMIT NO. #1345 REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE RICK SANTORUM SUSPENDS HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SEE PAGE 3A Rick Santorum 2726 S. Beckley Ave • Dallas, Texas 75224 ISSN # 0746-7303 P.O. Box 763939 Dallas, Texas 75376 50¢ Serving Dallas More Than 60 Years — Tel. 214 946-7678 - Fax 214 946-7636 — Web Site: www.dallasposttrib.com — E-mail: [email protected] VOLUME 64 NUMBER 34 SERVING THE BLACK COMMUNITY WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR SINCE 1947 April 12 - 18, 2012 TRAYVON MARTIN’S KILLER, GEORGE ZIMMERMAN, LAWYERS WITHDRAW FROM CASE BEAUTY OF THE WEEK Veteran Politicians and Upcoming Ms. Futura Gables Leader Run for U.S. Congress District 30 Attorneys Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig (AP)- Attorneys for a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman, who fatally shot an unarmed African American teen, Trayvon Martin have withdrawn as his counsel. Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig. The lawyers portrayed the former neighborhood watch captain as erratic and his mental state as shaky, and they expressed fear for his health under Ms. Futura Gables the pressure that has been building in the month The Dallas Post since he shot and killed Martin, an unarmed black Tribune has selected Ms. teenager. Futura Gables as “As of the last couple days he has not returned “Beauty of the Week”. phone calls, text messages or emails,” attorney Our international Craig Sonner said at a news conference outside the State Representative beauty is Ms. Futura courthouse. “He’s gone on his own. I’m not sure State Representative Atty. Taj Clayton Barbara Mallory Gables, from Miami, what he’s doing or who he’s talking to. I cannot go Eddie Bernice Johnson Florida, modeling a rare forward speaking to the public about George Caraway Bahamian rhapsody Zimmerman and this case as representing him hostess showpiece because I’ve lost contact with him.” See separate articles for candidates on Page 4A designed by Bahama's The split came as special prosecutor Angela rising designer, Rav. Corey neared a decision on whether to charge Futura graduated from Zimmerman with a crime in the Feb. 26 shooting. 2012 Education Hall of Fame Inductees will be inducted Saturday, April Hampton University and That decision could come later this week, as attended the Corey released a brief statement late Tuesday say- 14, 2012, beginning at 12:00, at the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship Activity International School of ing she would make an announcement about the Center, located at 1821 W. Camp Wisdom. For more Design in New York City. case within 72 hours. She did not specify what new information and photos of the inductees, and special award recipients Futura future plans development in the case would be released. are to start a "watch see Page 5A. guide" blog. SEE NEWS YOU OUGHT TO The Dallas Mavericks Founder of “Internet Prayer Circle”, add Lamar Odom to their Ms. Marjorie Moriole honored by DeSoto KNOW & OUR COMMUNITY inactive list Mayor, Carl Sherman, Friends & Family CALENDAR ON PAGE 3A Memphis Finally Will Name a Street after Dr. Martin Luther King DeSoto Mayor Carl Sherman presents Ms. Marjorie Moriole Dallas Mavericks forward Lamar Odom (7) works against with a Proclamation from the City of DeSoto Memphis Grizzlies forward Dante Cunningham during the Continues on Page 5A second half of an NBA basketball game in Dallas on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Dallas won 95-85. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes) (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks have added Lamar Odom Two Suspects in Oklahoma Shootings Arrested to their inactive list. The NBA’s reigning Sixth Man of the Dr. Martin Luther King Year and the defending NBA champions who are trying to make sure they get back to the playoffs made it clear (CNN) - Forty-four years after the Rev. Martin Monday that the partnership is over after an under- Luther King Jr. was gunned down on the balcony whelming 50-game stint. of a Memphis hotel, the “We’ve got to be able to look down that bench and count on folks to be consistent,” general manager Tennessee city is over- Donnie Nelson said. “Unfortunately with him in his state coming what some call right now, he’s just not capable of doing that. I say that protracted guilt and with his best interest in mind. He’s going through a very, very tough personal time. We certainly understand that. embarrassment, and But we’re in the thick of it in the West and we’ve got to Two suspects, Jacob Carl England (age 19) and naming a street in his win games.” Alvin Lee Watts (age 33) Continues on Page 6A honor. 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