They accuse him of mistreating his wife.
She claimed she had been mistreated by the police.
Recent Examples on the WebThe largest case against the city over the LAPD’s actions in 2020 — a class-action lawsuit representing hundreds of protesters who allege they were injured, improperly detained and otherwise mistreated — is still pending.—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024 Many different groups feel that they are being mistreated when their specific circumstances and histories are taken into account.—Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2022 The crowd that descended on UCLA was inflamed by posts on social media and in private group chats that said Jewish students were being mistreated, blocked from parts of campus and even attacked.—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024 Former social media director Claudia Michelle first announced her resignation over the weekend, in an Instagram post that accused the organization of mistreating all three of them.—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 May 2024 She was mistreated and abused in every way shape and form there was.—Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024 Hearing Swift sing about mistreated ingenues over shots of pretty girls all dressed in white anxiously hoping to be plucked out of the crowd by a worthy suitor, will leave you wondering how far society has actually come in 150 years.—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 3 May 2024 That regulation applies to any health care — not just care related to their gender — so a trans person with a broken arm can't be mistreated in the E.R., for example.—Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 29 Apr. 2024 More than one in eight women report feeling mistreated during childbirth, according to a new study from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
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