No, he wasn’t. Do you get all your news from MSNBC?
What I was recalling was this ...
the city notes that Cochran distributed the book to at least nine employees, three of whom say they received it unsolicited.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/01/22/atlantas-former-fire-chief-fired-after-religious-book-row-files-federal-discrimination-complaint-against-the-city/