Priceville Faces More Lawsuits After Deadly Chase

0:00It's April 2, from your city to your ears. This is Birmingham News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Priceville is facing two more lawsuits amid a storm of legal battles sparked by a deadly police chase last September 2025. One suit comes from injured teens whose attorney just amended the case to name both the city and the officer who started the pursuit, Gary Chapman. That chase kicked off when Chapman tried to stop Archie Hale for traffic violations and suspected drunk driving, but Hale sped off at over a hundred miles an hour through downtown heart cell, crashing into another car and killing one teenager while hurting six others. Hale ended up charged with reckless murder and is locked up with Al Bond, while Chapman got put on leave, fired, appealed it, and then the city. Council unanimously brought him back. Meanwhile, the other lawsuit hits from assistant chief Jason Wilbanks, a 20-year vet who claims he got passed over for the top job because of his.

1:00Nearing retirement, even though he promised to serve a full term, so now it's an equal employment beef as Priceville sorts through all this fallout.