The city of Atlanta said Monday it will pay $1.2 million to a former fire chief following a December 2017 federal court ruling that found some of the city’s policies that led to his firing are unconstitutional violations of First Amendment freedoms. Kelvin Cochran, a former fire chief who was fired in 2015 , said he was dismissed from his job because of his Christian faith. Cochran had written a religious book that included […]
