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RCMP conduct authority lawyer calls move to replace board ’desperate’ legal manoeuvre

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Lawyer for three B.C. RCMP constables says they should be replaced over bias against them.

Wes Dutcher-Walls says the use of the term “amigos” is “problematic” and evokes U.S. President Donald Trump ’s reference to Mexican people as “bad hombres’ Lawyer says the board has policing expertise and should dismiss defence bid to have the board recuse itself.

Board will decide whether to recuse themselves on Friday .

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