Prior to the CAPS meeting, members of the LGBT organization Gender JUST held a press conference in front of the school to discuss their concerns about LGBT youths of color being blamed for crime in the area. [...] “Boystown has one of the lowest rates of violence in Chicago,” said Joshua McCool, of Gender JUST. “You cannot use this as a way to profile people.” [...] Many of the Gender JUST members also spoke at the CAPS meeting, expressing similar concerns.

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