After being informed that their under - performing mining operation is going to be shut down, John learns that his longtime boss is actually a Really Bad Guy and has sent a pack of armed thugs in to neutralize the miners and seize control of a mysterious new finding deep within the mine. (vghangover.com)
One extreme example came in February 2010, when the art districts Zheng Yang and 008 to the north of the city were swarmed by armed thugs beating artists into submission while demolition teams waited to move in — it made international news. (frieze.com)
It takes about 10 minutes for us to find out that Mike is actually some kind of brainwashed government - secret - super-soldier, who can take out armed thugs with nothing more than a spoon. (japantimes.co.jp)