Why does Bryon not like the police in That Was Then, This is Now?

In Chapter 2, Bryon and Mark are visiting their mother in the hospital, and she tells them to talk to the boy in next room because he seems lonely. Mark agrees to walk over and visit with the boy while Bryon heads down to the snack bar to grab a hamburger. When Bryon sits down at the snack bar, he thinks about all the food he wishes he could order. Bryon says that he can...

In Chapter 2, Bryon and Mark are visiting their mother in the hospital, and she tells them to talk to the boy in next room because he seems lonely. Mark agrees to walk over and visit with the boy while Bryon heads down to the snack bar to grab a hamburger. When Bryon sits down at the snack bar, he thinks about all the food he wishes he could order. Bryon says that he can eat a ton of food and also mentions that that he is five-ten and still growing. He then says that he should have gone out for football but wouldn't have lasted long on the team because he could never handle authority. Bryon's issues with authority stem from a negative experience he had with the police when he was younger. When Bryon was thirteen years old, two cops found him walking around the street drunk and picked him up. They drove Bryon to a hill on the other side of town, slapped him around, and left him there alone. Bryon mentions that he never forgot that experience, and it ruined his respect for police officers. Bryon says that ever since he was beaten, he made it a point to mouth off to cops and disrespect them.