If your "quoting" a question in a statement, do you put a question mark after the quote?
For example: The cops said,"is this your weed bro"? I’m telling what the cops said, not asking. The quoter was doing the asking. Maybe I should say, [The cops said, ("is this your weed bro"?).] Just curious. I’ve always wondered this.
You put the Question Mark (?) on the inside of the quote, because see the question is being asked from the character not the narrator or person who it say the things like "Then the cop said" ya know. The cop is asking the question not the narrator. So the question mark is definitely on the inside of the quote! Like, if you were email or texting someone and you replied What? You are asking the question. So the end marks are ALWAYS a part of the statement made by the character.
So if i say
That was lame. The period at the end is expressing my feeling’s of boredom and/or disappointment.
If I said
Wow! That was so cool! The explanation point shows how I am expressing my excitement and/or happiness that I have felt for whatever was so cool
And if I said
What was that about again? The question mark indicates that I’m confused and/or puzzled of what ever thing just happened
End marks aren’t just there because. They show the emotion and/or point of view of the subject the character was taking about
Like if I said
Wow. That was sooo fun.
You can tell I am being sarcastic from the end mark. It’s a period instead of an explanation point. The question mark, explanation point, or the period at the end of the sentence is all about the character’s feelings
So if it is about the character’s statement, it should be inside the quotes because it is part of the character’s statement not the narrator’s
So the question mark should be inside the quotes like this
The cop said, "Is this your weed bro?"
See inside the quotes