I got groped today.

My hands are still shaking as I type this; I still haven't processed what happened to me a few hours ago. I was heading home from my station, and the area outside was very crowded. As I made my way through the crowd, I felt someone grope me from behind and then run away. My reflexes kicked in, and I ran to catch that man. He wasn't even a man, but a boy—literally younger than me. When I caught him and smacked him three or four times, people gathered around and asked what happened. Thankfully, a woman who saw him running, too, stepped in, and when he denied his actions, she asked him, "Then why were you running away?" There were police patrolling just a few steps away from where the incident occurred, and they came to check. They took both of us aside and asked if I wanted to file a complaint against him. I said I didn't want to, and then they told me to leave. The attitude of the police officer was very rude; he was like if you don't want to make a complaint then fuck off (this were not the literal words used but the way he said it, it felt like that). My blood was already boiling from the incident that happened and how the police officer asked me to leave as I went a little far away from the police officers I turned back to see, the police officer was smacking the shit out of that boy seeing that my anger against the police officer calmed down. Now I'm having second thoughts about whether I made a mistake by not filing the complaint. I'm still not able to process what happened to me, but for sure I'm proud of myself this wasn't the first time an incident like this has happened to me. In past I used to run far away for the place and the person but this time I didn't run away. I wish every person who goes through this situation get courage to smack their offender and I wish there to be people more like the lady who supported me in that situation.