If Marvel’s Daredevil was a Real Guy, Fighting Crime on the Streets of New York…

Stuff Black People Don’t Like
February 6, 2015

So Netflix will release the series “Daredevil” in its entirety on April 10. One of the Marvel Universe’s gritty heroes, the show will detail how a blind lawyer – gifted with some enhanced powers – fights crime in Hell’s Kitchen in New York City.

Undoubtedly, the character of Daredevil will encounter an assortment of white villains engaging in the types of crime that depress property values in the Big Apple, driving away decent citizens for fear of their lives in the process.

The criminals in Netflix's new Marvel Comics show, Daredevil, will obviously be all-white, engaging in the type of petty crime all real New Yorkers know is the primary vocation of non-whites.
The criminals in Netflix’s new Marvel Comics show, Daredevil, will obviously be all-white, engaging in the type of petty crime all real New Yorkers know is the primary vocation of non-whites.

By chance, the New York CityPolice Department’s Crime and Enforcement Activity in New York City for 2013 was recently released, providing the type of unfortunate reality of the racial element behind crime in the city “Daredevil” will be sure to cinematically stereotype against.

As Matthew Murdock aka Daredevil (played by Charlie Cox) faces off against a primarily white roster of criminals in the show, the real-world counterpart to the fictionalized New York City is one where white suspects for major crimes are rarer than white guys hitting on Shoshana Roberts.

Of 8.3 million people, New York City is 33.3 percent white, 28.6 percent Hispanic, and 25.5 percent black; consulting New York City Police Department’s Crime and Enforcement Activity in New York City for 2013, we find:

Our friends at the New York City Police Department yearly guide (Crime and Enforcement Activity in New York City) is one the writers and producers of “Daredevil” would never consult for casting decisions of those criminals Murdock disposes of “just trying to make my city a better place to live.”

In 2013, the record indicates 2.3 percent of those arrested for shooting incidents (gun crime) were white; that same year, 72.5 percent of arrested suspects were black, with 24 percent of the suspects arrested classified as Hispanic.

A staggering 96.5 percent of those arrested for shootings in New York City in 2013 were black or Hispanic. 

The record shows that 1.3 percent (2008), 1.4 percent (2009), 1.4 (2010), 2.5 (2011), and 2.4 (2012) of the arrested suspects in shootings (defined as any crime where the victim is struck with a bullet) in New York City were white.

During that same time, 78.3 percent (2008), 79.8 percent (2009), 74.2 (2010), 72.5 (2011), and 78.2 (2012), of the arrested suspects in shootings were black.

And during that same time, 18.3 percent (2008), 19.9 percent (2009), 23.3 (2010), 23.9 (2011), and 18.9 (2012) of the arrested suspects in shootings were Hispanic. 

For the rest of the major crimes, why not just add 2013’s information with the data from the New York City Police Department’s Crime and Enforcement Activity in New York City compiled for 2008-2012?

How about murder victims/suspects?

Between 2008-2013:

  • Blacks were 61.9 percent of murder victims and 57.5 percent of murder suspects.
  • Hispanics were 26.3 percent of murder victims and 33.4 percent of murder suspects.
  • Whites were 7.73 percent of murder victims and 6.15 percent of murder suspects.

In short: between 2008-2013, blacks and Hispanics were 90.9 percent of murder suspects in New York City.
How about rape victims/suspects over the same period?

  • Blacks were 39.58 percent of rape victims and 50.51 percent of rape suspects.
  • Hispanics were 37.7 percent of rape victims and 36.1 percent of rape suspects.
  • Whites were 16.8 percent of rape victims and 8.7 percent of rape suspects.

In short: Between 2008-2013, blacks and Hispanics were 86.61 percent of rape suspects in New York City.
Robbery victims/suspects?

  • Blacks were 31.7 percent of robbery victims and 69.5 percent of robbery suspects.
  • Hispanics were 37.3 percent of robbery victims and 24.4 percent of robbery suspects.
  • Whites were 17.8 percent of robbery victims and 4.45 percent of robbery suspects.

In short: between 2008-2012, blacks and Hispanics were 93.9 percent of robbery suspects in New York City.

There’s a simple way to make the real New York City a better place, one free of the type of crime requiring a massive police force to combat: go back to the racial demographics of 1940 (New York City was 91.9 percent white just before the USA got involved in World War II).

What’s funny: the world of the new “Daredevil” series on Netflix will showcase the eponymous hero combatting primarily white criminals as if the racial demographics of New York City never changed from 1940…