article_snippet.sent: On Tuesday, President Obama referred to the rioters as "a handful of criminals and thugs who tore up the place.
article_snippet.sent: That same day, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry used the word "thugs" to refer to ISIS.  
article_snippet.sent: At a luncheon in honor of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry referred to two Japanese citizens "who were murdered by the thugs of Daesh in retribution for Japan's pledge of humanitarian assistance -- I repeat, humanitarian assistance -- to the victims of fighting in the Middle East."  
article_snippet.sent: (Daesh is another term for ISIS.)
article_snippet.sent: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has also referred to "thugs" in the Ukraine crisis.
article_snippet.sent: President Obama has also used the term "thugs" in similar context.  
article_snippet.sent: "Not every collection of thugs that labels themselves al Qaeda will pose a credible threat to the United States," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in one speech.