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Just being black is cool -- but it is not enough.

Monica Cannon-Grant of the nonprofit Violence in Boston, on the news that the city just hired its first black police chief, William G. Gross. She continued on to say: "We have to hold him accountable as well."

Monica Cannon-Grant of the nonprofit Violence in Boston, on the news that the city just hired its first black police chief, William G. Gross. She continued on to say: "We have to hold him accountable as well."

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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