[Charles Martel]

If you look at the pictures from when he was 14 say that he had some nice looking teeth. How does one have such poor dental hygiene in three years as to require six GOLD caps? And who paid for those gold caps and who signed for the work to be performed on a minor?

Those aren't caps, but rather a clip on arrangement that covers the teeth. Prices range from absurdly expensive down to around $30.00. This stuff was started by the rappers who had real gold caps put on their teeth, apparently just to show off their money. Some of these "grilles" (grillz) are just as expensive, but Trayvon's looked like cheap costume jewelry for the mouth.

I think there are companies that sell these things online - you just send them a bite impression, or something like that.

It is indeed the mark of a young thug-in-training... and it's not limited to the black community.

[Cicero]

[Ken H]

It is indeed the mark of a young thug-in-training... and it's not limited to the black community.

Mostly it is. city-data.com has demographic and crime stats for every city in the US. Find me a majority black city with a low crime rate. Find me a city that's less than 5% black with a high crime rate. As an exercise, scroll down to the murder stats, then try to guess the demographics.

Violent crime is a black phenomenon in the US.