#EnoughIsEnough Trends On Twitter As Irish Citizens Angrily React To Stabbing Of Children: Video 4

On Nov. 23, before most Americans had even begun celebrating Thanksgiving, trouble was brewing in Dublin Ireland. It all began with a stabbing that occurred in the afternoon in Dublin City Centre. A lone man in his 40s stabbed a woman in her 30s as well as three small children (all three 5 to 6 years old). Citizens restrained the man before police arrived to arrest him. A terrible incident, to be sure -- Ireland Minister for Justice Helen McEntee called it 'an attack on innocence itself' -- but it only escalated as hundreds of protesters began to gather at the crime scene. The protest devolved into a full-on riot before too much time had passed.

Motives for the riot have been attributed to a number of things, but the early prevailing theory was that people were gathering at the crime scene to protest Ireland's immigration policy and a growing concern about violence committed by migrants. Some protesters were seen holding 'Irish Lives Matter' signs. The Gardaí (Irish police), on the other hand, claimed that the riots were due to 'a hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology.' Because of course, that's what they said. As events unfolded, Twitter seemed to side with the first explanation, as #EnoughIsEnough was the top trend on Twitter for hours.

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