First, the group has a run in with a local gang of street thugs.

They looked like street thugs the world over, big, with lots of muscle.

You don't see a lot of that in street thugs.

I hope you are using something more than your street thugs against them.

The man was a street thug, a gang member of some sort.

However, the city is full of street thugs who will attack the player.

He is no better than a street thug with a gun, perhaps worse.

He made new friends, not street thugs but kids from respectable families.

"There's a little street thug inside of him, which is good for us."

On the way, they are harassed by some street thugs.