The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. chapters 13-23

After he found the dog the cops come and to investigate the scene. When the cops arrived they found him hugging the dog and they accused him of killing it. He told them he didn’t and the cop grabbed him to stand him up, and he didn’t like the way the cop grabbed him so he smacked the cop. This really upset the cop so he told him to get in his squad car and brought him to jail. This surprised me because putting a 15 year old in jail for hitting a cop seems a bit extreme. Then his dad arrives at the station and is furious with the cops for putting his son in a cell, because his son is autistic. Then they release him and question him why about hitting the cop and about the dead dog.