A Robocop Statue, in MY city? It's not as likely as you think.

[Ultra Lantern]

Man, a statue of RoboCop would put the SCARE in the cancer that is crime.

It would need to move it's upper torso to really do the job.

 

[Mike_D202]

They did it! An anonymous donor donating the rest of the 25k to fund the project.

 

[Motown Marvel]

yesssssss!!!!!!!!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/imaginationstation/detroit-needs-a-statue-of-robocop

apparently, even if built on private property with private funding, there is still an approval process that needs to happen with the city. and apparently some detroiters are not so hot on this idea. hmm.

 

[O_B_Juan]

They did it! An anonymous donor donating the rest of the 25k to fund the project.

I bet it was Omni Consumer Products!

 

[Paroxysm]

First look at Detroit's New RoboCop Statue

 

[Aesop Rocks]

They did it! An anonymous donor donating the rest of the 25k to fund the project.

 

[Yurka]

lol Detroit is full of problems but they raised money and got the property to build a Robocop statue despite the mayor's wishes. God Bless America.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

It's the sign on FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY hard at work!

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

It's the future of law enforcement.

 

[Motown Marvel]

peter weller is king


ROBOCOP SPEAKS TO DETROIT

 

[Immortalfire]

Peter Weller just got 10,000 times cooler than he already was

 

[super scar]

If they build it I give it two weeks until someone sticks a traffic cone on his head. It's tradition.

 

[Gold Samurai]

Activist speaks out on why the statue is a bad idea.

http://supergaydetroit.blogspot.com/2011/02/10-reasons-robocop-statue-is-bad-idea.html

Hey John,
I am writing you today as one of the developers or organizers of the Robocop statue. I see that you were not here 24 years ago but I was, so I am enlightening you here on the situation that you missed out on. You were not here during the tipping of police cars for fun after the Tigers won the pennant in 1987, or the shootout on Gratiot that same year after the Pistons won their championship like I was. Let me tell you about Detroit in 1987. Hopefully you will ponder what I am telling you and consider what you are doing. The last thing we want to do is bring back or glorify 1987 Detroit, when the film was made.

I WAS here 24 years ago, up on the west side and did witness quite a bit; the crack epidemic was in full swing and so was corruption and crime. I am going to tell you some **** that will blow your mind if you were not around then. The police were corrupt and racism within the department was amazingly strong. The white cops hung out in bars where you had to be let in by a buzzer and they did not let black people in at all; that was the whole point of the buzzer.

In how many ways can I explain that it is a really bad idea to put up a statue that depicts Robocop and recalls the general violence of this era?

You were not here but many residents were here and know what I am talking about. Also consider the proposed location, Where Michigan and Verner meet and who will see it there. It will not just those heading in from Corktown or Ferndale to eat at Slows or Detroit Soup. Think of the residents of Southwest and west Detroit just trying to go about their business who are people of color and therefore do not get a warm fuzzy feeling when they see the police.

I can say some positive stuff too about the same people who support the statue and many of you are friends and aquaintances; but this is about what the truth is no matter what you may feel at this time. To say that the good outweighs the bad or I don't understand why you want it or anything like that is to accept collateral damage for this decision. Why hurt anyone at all when it is completely unneccessary? And why bulldoze ahead with a plan that is oppressive to most and culturally ignorant at the least? Why justify and embrace your own ignorance and keep arguing with us?

Respectfully in Peace,
Jean Wilson
Executive Director
United Peace Relief Detroit
Detroit Artist and Community Activist

 

[Mike_D202]

People are blowing this waaaayyy out of proportion. To say building a RoboCop statue in Detroit will bring back horrifying memories of the 80s is pretty ridiculous.

 

[Yurka]

Just build the damn thing already, give people a reason to come to Detroit.

 

[Spider-Vader]

Man, that Robocop statue is just pure win.

I love the internet sometimes.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

That statue will become a Nerd pilgrimage like the Superman statue @ Metropolis, Illinois. Hell, I'd visit Detroit again for the sole reason of seeing it. Up yours, Cleveland!

 

[Poetic Chaos]

First look at Detroit's New RoboCop Statue

 

[Mike_D202]

^^^^ I don't think that's real. That statue has been on the internet for awhile now.

...and that don't look like a 50k statue to me anyways. Half a bust?! PFFT.