Bryn Forbes lost his sister?

[toki9]

During the game broadcast last night, the Detroit announcer mentioned that Forbes had to go to Lansing for his sister's funeral the previous day. Anyone else hear this?

[Chinook]

I did. That's awful.

[Ice009]

Wow. I don't recall hearing that, but I didn't get a chance to watch it properly, so I must have missed it. Does anyone know if it was a sudden thing? or was she sick?

That really sucks. Sorry to hear that.

[GSH]

That's a shame. I'm sure the Spurs will help out any way that they can. That's one of the benefits of being with a class organization. He's one of those young guys that you really pull for.

[BillMc]

Terrible news. Thoughts go out to the Forbes family.

[Spurtacular]

Wow. I don't recall hearing that, but I didn't get a chance to watch it properly, so I must have missed it. Does anyone know if it was a sudden thing? or was she sick?

A young black girl in Lansing. I'll give you one guess.

[toki9]

[QUOTE=Spurtacular;8746960]A young black girl in Lansing. I'll give you one guess.[/QUOTE

Not sure if you're right about her being black, actually...and she had severe Lyme disease complications based on previous reports.

[spurraider21]

spurtacular gonna retard

[szkorhetz]

A young black girl in Lansing. I'll give you one guess.
You could be a bit more specific to help the non-American users!

[Spurtacular]

A young black girl in Lansing. I'll give you one guess.

Not sure if you're right about her being black, actually...and she had severe Lyme disease complications based on previous reports.

Then she went against the mean it would seem.

[Spurtacular]

spurtacular gonna retard

going*, retard.

[Spurtacular]

You could be a bit more specific to help the non-American users!

Urban murder among young blacks is an epidemic in America. That does not seem to be the case here.

[toki9]

Then she went against the mean it would seem.

Well, as of 2014, homicide rate for black female victims was 4.54 per 100,000, vs. overall female victim rate of 1.81 per 100,000, a multiple of 2.5. Not sure if that warrants a "I'll give you one guess" status... By comparison, among women lung cancer kills 35 per 100,000, breast cancer kills 20.7 per 100,000, etc...

[SAGirl]

During the game broadcast last night, the Detroit announcer mentioned that Forbes had to go to Lansing for his sister's funeral the previous day. Anyone else hear this?
Nope didn't... sad :td

[Spur|n|Austin]

going*, retard.

Or more along the lines of "Haters gonna hate".. "Spurtacular gonna retard".

You know, par for the course.

[Spurtacular]

Well, as of 2014, homicide rate for black female victims was 4.54 per 100,000, vs. overall female victim rate of 1.81 per 100,000, a multiple of 2.5. Not sure if that warrants a "I'll give you one guess" status... By comparison, among women lung cancer kills 35 per 100,000, breast cancer kills 20.7 per 100,000, etc...

:lmao You're telling me if I researched it that I'd find lung cancer is killing young black females 8 to 1 over violence. Sounds like a wank off stat if I've ever heard one.

[toki9]

:lmao You're telling me if I researched it that I'd find lung cancer is killing young black females 8 to 1 over violence. Sounds like a wank off stat if I've ever heard one.

Per CDC data for 2014, among black females the top 5 causes of deaths are 1. Heart disease (23%), 2. malignant neoplasms (23%), 3. cerebrovascular diseases (6%), 4. Diabetes (5%). Homicides don't even make the top 10. Homicide becomes a factor once you break down by ages--but even then it's not the top reason. For age groups 5-14 years, homicide is less than 1%. For age group 15-19, the top reason is accident at 28%, followed by homicide at 5.6%. For age group 20-24, top reason is accident at 24%, followed by homicide at 15%. For age group 25-34, top reason is again accident at 17%, and homicide is 9%.

Now, these are aggregated numbers and don't correct explicitly for inner-city, but I think you can still see that to imply that murder is the most likely reason for a young urban black woman's death (which is what I think you implied, although I may have misunderstood your original comment--if so, my apologies) may not be as definitive as you seemed to make it sound...but, again, I apologize if I misunderstood.

[Spurtacular]

Per CDC data for 2014, among black females bla fucking bla

We were talking about young black females, not all black females, dip shit.

[toki9]

We were talking about young black females, not all black females, dip shit.

Which is why I broke down by age groups as well...and homicide is still not the top reason for mortality. By the way, I'm sorry for being so off Spurs-topic on this. If you want to continue, we should probably take this offline? Apologies to the rest of the board readers.

[SAGirl]

Which is why I broke down by age groups as well...and homicide is still not the top reason for mortality. By the way, I'm sorry for being so off Spurs-topic on this. If you want to continue, we should probably take this offline? Apologies to the rest of the board readers.
Appreciate you being this polite toki9, a rarity.

[Spurtacular]

Which is why I broke down by age groups as well...

And includes the suburban blacks and rarer country black, which are frankly vastly different from the urban black populous. I doubt you've spent much time if any in these dangerous neighborhoods. Because you're just obstinately in denial of reality.

[ElNono]

A young black girl in Lansing. I'll give you one guess.

swing and miss, per par

[Spurtacular]

swing and miss, per par

You're a bit jaded for a happy fellow, tbh.

[ElNono]

You're a bit jaded for a happy fellow, tbh.

predictably predictable... don't you have a Jimmer thread to update? chop, chop

[look_at_g_shred]

Rip

[Spurtacular]

predictably predictable... don't you have a Jimmer thread to update? chop, chop

First time I used that one on you. I guess you're just a mystic, then. Oh, but speaking of predictable; Jimmer? Come now. You're lowering your bar these days.

[toki9]

And includes the suburban blacks and rarer country black, which are frankly vastly different from the urban black populous. I doubt you've spent much time if any in these dangerous neighborhoods. Because you're just obstinately in denial of reality.

In 2014, there were 2 female homicide victims in Lansing, a 45-year old white woman and a 43-year old hispanic woman. Can we stop this now? I feel terrible about taking up board space over this. I'm sorry for bring it up.

[spurs10]

In 2014, there were 2 female homicide victims in Lansing, a 45-year old white woman and a 43-year old hispanic woman. Can we stop this now? I feel terrible about taking up board space over this. I'm sorry for bring it up. You did nothing wrong to be sorry about. It's a very sad situation. Thank you for your post.

[Spurtacular]

In 2014, there were 2 female homicide victims in Lansing, a 45-year old white woman and a 43-year old hispanic woman. Can we stop this now? I feel terrible about taking up board space over this. I'm sorry for bring it up.

It's not as bad as I would've guessed but not as good as you purport either....

http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Lansing-Michigan.html

One link at a glance reported the 80th most violent city in the US, though. And another reports it more than double the violent crimes rate for the state of Michigan (which includes the Detroit populous).

And ten homicides is not two, so you can stop lying. And also, you can stop "this" anytime as well. I'm not forcing you to do anything.

[Spurtacular]

You did nothing wrong to be sorry about. It's a very sad situation. Thank you for your post.

Troll: Thank you for the lie, sir! May I have another! :lmao

[Spurtacular]

Lansing 8th most dangerous US city of cities under 200k population. :lmao
Perpetual double digit murders for a town of 113K. :lmao
Some jack ass pitching how safe it is. :lmao

http://lawstreetmedia.com/crime-america-2015-top-10-dangerous-cities-200000/

[Spur|n|Austin]

Emoji boy up here ^ little bit of a mental breakdown.

[toki9]

It's not as bad as I would've guessed but not as good as you purport either....

http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Lansing-Michigan.html

One link at a glance reported the 80th most violent city in the US, though. And another reports it more than double the violent crimes rate for the state of Michigan (which includes the Detroit populous).

And ten homicides is not two, so you can stop lying. And also, you can stop "this" anytime as well. I'm not forcing you to do anything.

Right, 10 homicides, of which 8 were male victims and 2 were female victims, a 45-year old white woman and a 43-year old hispanic woman. Their homicide rate is about 8.8 per 100,000--so the rate is high. But the point you were making, I think, is that the most likely cause for a young black woman's death in Lansing would be homicide. And looking at how female homicide victims there were in Lansing last year tells you that there were 2 female homicide victims, both middle-aged, and both non-black.

[toki9]

Lansing 8th most dangerous US city of cities under 200k population. :lmao
Perpetual double digit murders for a town of 113K. :lmao
Some jack ass pitching how safe it is. :lmao

http://lawstreetmedia.com/crime-america-2015-top-10-dangerous-cities-200000/

1. "Perpetual double digit murder" sounds high, but the actual raw number is, as you said, was just 10 last year. And the murder rate per 100K (per your link) was:
2014: 8.8; 2013: 7.0; 2012: 11.3; 2011: 7.0; 2010: 10, 2009: 9.7; 2008: 9.6; 2007: 14.1; 2006: 5.2; 2005: 6.8; 2004: 8.4; 2003: 6.7; 2002: 9.1. That's average of 8.7 murders per 100K since 2002--not exactly perpetual double digit.

2. I'm not saying it's a safe city--only that murder is not necessarily the most likely reason for a young black woman to die in Lansing--certainly not with the certitude that you seem to have implied. And if I misunderstood, I'm sorry for that.

[kobyz]

http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/lsj/obituary.aspx?n=erin-warmels&pid=181749787&referrer=0&preview=True