More than three years after it occurred, the termination of Atlanta's fire chief has been ruled unconstitutional.
A federal district court ruled today that the city's policies restricting non-work speech – like a book for Christian men that Chief Kelvin Cochran wrote – are too broad and allow city officials to unconstitutionally discriminate against views with which they disagree.
"Government officials can't force employees to get permission before engaging in free speech," says attorney Kevin Theriot of Alliance Defending Freedom, the organization representing Cochran. "As the court found, the city can't leave such decisions to the whims of government officials."
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