[exolymph]

My guess is that the people randomly beating up Asians aren't doing a whole lotta research beforehand? Opportunistic, not strategized.

I could be wrong though! Anybody else have actual intel on this? I'm just going off the chatter on /r/sanfrancisco and /r/bayarea.

[charlieyu1]

Burglars, on the other hand, are known to do their research while picking their targets. They use chalks to draw symbols to mark houses that are easy to break into (eg symbols to mark the owner is elderly, woman, nobody at day time etc)