How is your statement any different from what Bill Maher said? Because they would know who he was and come after him in the Bronx?
They would know who he was in the sense that he was dressed and groomed as an affluent man. They would assume he had a lot more—cash, credit cards, jewelry, Blackberry—than they did. They're poor, he's rich so they rob him. Who Maher is or what candidate he supports is immaterial to the immediate needs of the robbers.