Horrifying moment crowd mocks and racially-abuses elderly Asian man for picking up recyclables

Unidentified victim was set upon in what is understood to be the Bayview area

Footage shared on Twitter shows as he is robbed of the plastics outside homes

One man, wielding a pole, uses it to hit the victim as he tries to run away 

The other people in the video laugh and jeer as the man breaks down in tears

He then appears to try to get back his bags of goods back as they mock him

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