Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — Bernalillo County has agreed to pay $5 million to John Sanchez’s family in a September settlement agreement over his death. On June 12th, 2023, Sgt. Stephen Gabaldon was escorting a handcuffed Sanchez, when Sanchez allegedly kicked him, according to an MDC incident report. Immediately after, Gabaldon is shown in an MDC surveillance video tackling Sanchez to the ground head first. The Albuquerque Journal reports that 45 minutes later vomiting and in the midst of a seizure, he was taken to the UNM Hospital, where physicians found Sanchez was brain dead. After the incident, Sanchez’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the county and Gabaldon, who no longer works for MDC…