The interviewer made a comment at the end that two blocks away there was an area full of kids skate boarding obviously implying that it was lucky they came down where they did.
The implications are that pulling the chute over built up areas may one day bring about an aircraft landing under the chute on top of people or cars and the bad press that will bring the chute.
Inevitably over time I am sure there will be a Chute pull that causes damage to someone on the ground but it has not happened in the last decade so a low risk in overall scheme of things, In this incident it was total luck that it landed in a relatively small open area, yes it could have been a much worse outcome.
The alternative in this Alabama case was I assume without a chute pull he would have impacted the ground / property / kids school or whatever at a very high speed and inertia with probable fire on impact.