Since protests began last week in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the death of 43-year-old Keith L. Scott, an African-American family man, on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, compassion toward the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has been seemingly non-existent.

Protesters are outraged for two reasons: Scott was supposedly unarmed when shot down. The CMPD also refused to release the entire dash cam video. Instead, officials at CMPD have claimed that they removed over 120 minutes of dash cam footage in the released video to protect Scott’s family and the public from graphic content.

Members of the CMPD are used to protesters walking around holding signs displaying harsh words in front of their chests or above their heads or hanging from around their neck. They have rarely had anyone express anything positive in this fashion.

Yet, during the height of the protests on September 21, they received positive feedback from one compassionate 5-year-old little boy.

Jayden Hooker had wanted to show personnel at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department appreciation, compassion and love after learning from the radio on the way to his school that some officers had been harmed during the protests.

Jayden and his mother, Deanna, brought doughnuts to the CMPD. Jayden shocked everyone by also wearing a sign around his neck that said “Free Hugs.” Jayden had told his mother that he wanted them to have hugs to keep them from feeling “scared.”

He later stated that he did not want anyone to get hurt and wants the police officers to “stay safe.”