Family members of a 32-year-old man who was taken into custody Monday raised questions about Chicago police officers’ account of the arrest after a video apparently taken by a bystander appeared to show officers punching the man multiple times during a scuffle, even though the officers reported that he threw a punch at them first.

Jamale Douglas, 32, was charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery to a police officer, as well as misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest, reckless driving and having an expired driver’s license. He appeared before Judge Shauna Boliker at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Tuesday and was released while his case is pending.

In a proffer to the court, Assistant State’s Attorney Adam Weiner said the police officers saw Douglas on a motorbike withou

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