The lawyer for a British Columbia RCMP officer facing possible dismissal over derogatory comments in a private group chat and on police computer terminals says her client believed his behaviour was "condoned" by the force.

Allison Tremblay, lawyer for Coquitlam RCMP Const. Mersad Mesbah, said Wednesday that her client was "led astray" by superiors, and believed it was acceptable to "joke, vent, and use unfiltered language" in a Signal messaging app group chat with fellow officers.

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