Also choking someone is no joke. This isn’t like you punching someone and then unforeseen consequences follow. When you choke someone the intent is to immediately cause harm and potential death. You choke somebody that’s not a “oops I lost my temper and slugged him” That’s a willful, intentional act of harm and it puts you in the aggressor position. For you to claim self defense in that you better have defensive wounds and be able to claim you were in fear of your life and the only way to subdue was to choke out the attacker.
In short, unless his lawyer is Johnny Cochran on steroids, Beats has some splaining to do.
Actually I tend to think when you go for the throat you’ve snapped. But I prefer to kick the knee.