Attorneys argued a Kalispell man’s constitutional free speech rights were violated when he was arrested after filming police officers during a traffic stop.

But in arguments Wednesday to the Montana Supreme Court, the Attorney General’s Office on behalf of the city of Kalispell said even the right to record police comes with limitations, and the man interfered with the stop.

In February, the American Civil Liberties Union filed an amicus brief on behalf of Sean Doman, the appellate in City of Kalispell v. S. Doman, seeking to reverse his conviction on the basis his speech was protected and that he was not creating a problem for the officer conducting the stop.

Doman was later found guilty of obstructing a peace officer, with the Eleventh District Court affirming the conviction.

The ami

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