A showrunner for Marvel's Luke Cage explained how the show relates to the atmosphere of today's society, specifically growing racial tensions between police and the minorities they serve.
Showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker spoke to comicbook.com, saying, "One of the things I thought about in terms of an overall theme is that when you look at neighborhoods, people step aside or don't step up because of the consequences...Snitches don't just get stitches [anymore], they get bullets.