The Flash will react to recent "societal changes" via Jesse L. Martin's police captain character

Entertainment Weekly

"Joe’s story line this season is inspired by the societal changes happening in today’s world," showrunner Eric Wallace told EW about Martin's Central City Police Department captain character, without specifically mentioning the George Floyd protests or Black Lives Matter. "Because with everything we’re all waking up to each day in 2020, I felt there was a great opportunity here — even within our fantastical, family-oriented show — to comment indirectly on truths folks could easily recognize. And do so in an entertaining way."