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> street it was the Waymo car that got vandalized.

An obvious possibility is: no immediate risk and no mechanism for empathy. If you vandalize a person's car, that person might come at you, out of the crowd, possibly with a weapon. And, some people might even feel bad, knowing that they're ruining someone's day.

It could have been fueled by Waymo hatred, but it also had the least risk.