But it does make a difference! In the “Kissing your boyfriend while black…” thread, Hentor the Barbarian offers
and Bricker later agrees.
As I said, a different jurisdiction, but potentially a critical distinction. Completed misdemeanor and the police actions are illegal from the beginning, there is no legal basis for a detention for investigation. Felony, the investigation was legal, and the chokehold was simply an illegal/not sanctioned technique in an otherwise supportable action.
None of this, of course, changes the fact that doorhinge wouldn’t use a good cite if it fell off his bridge and landed on his keyboard.