According to prosecutors, Habib put the man in a chokehold so tight that he momentarily lost consciousness. Nobody choked you, bro,” Habib said, according to a transcript of the video that prosecutors filed in the case. Wasserman, a former public defender, said charging an officer with the 2020 chokehold law could deter other officers from using excessive force. The officer lost 35 vacation days and was suspended five days for using excessive physical force in 2009. Habib also forfeited five vacation days for sexual harassment and discourtesy in a 2022 incident, according to police watchdog records.