**Volume Alert**Bozeman, MT - A video surfaced over the weekend shows Bozeman police officers subduing a suspect by using physical force after a fight broke out near a bar in downtown Bozeman. The video appears to show a bystander holding a shirtless man in a headlock on the ground. A police car arrives soon and officers take hold of the shirtless man. Seconds later, an officer is seen using his hand to strike the shirtless man in the head in an attempt to subdue him.Another man is then seen approaching the officers, putting his hand on one of them. The officers pushed him away and took out a baton and pepper spray to keep the crowd back.Bozeman Police Chief Steven Crawford says the officers handled the situation according to procedure."The subject had physically and actively resisted arrest, and the officers delivered empty-hand strikes to gain compliance and they ultimately took him into custody," said Crawford. "We have a range of nonlethal tools that range up to tasers and impact weapons, and from the level of resistance that that subject was doing, it could have resulted in the use of one of those tools."Some commenters on Facebook said they think police used excessive force during the arrest.A bar manager who witnessed the scene thinks police didn’t do anything wrong."I really don't think that the officers were unjust in what they used as force there. The individual would not comply with them at all," said Jeremy James Sukut, manager of Bar IX in downtown Bozeman.Crawford says bystanders getting involved creates more of a problem than a solution."Be a good witness and (we) encourage people to run cell phone video; that is certainly fine. But don't interfere with officers who are trying to make an arrest. It's very unsafe," said Crawford.Police arrested three men in connection with the incident, including Belgrade resident Brian Keith Gushi, 37, who is charged with resisting arrest.They also arrested Big Timber resident Cooper James Hancock, 26, who was charged with disorderly conduct and possession of drugs, and Idaho resident Woodward Thomas, 21, who is accused of obstructing a police officer.Police will investigate the incident and review the level of force to see if it was appropriate.