Well, he didn’t die of asphyxia from application of a choke hold.
So the person applying the head lock shouldn’t be charged with killing him via choke hold, because he didn’t.
“Well, he didn’t die of asphyxia from application of a choke hold.”
Is the chokehold only banned if someone dies from it? No.
“So the person applying the head lock shouldn’t be charged with killing him via choke hold, because he didn’t.”
Perhaps not, but that doesn’t mean he acted properly in applying it, and it doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be any repercussions at all.