A single Tweet to Mayor Bing suggesting that a statue of “Robocop” - the hero of the 1987 film based in a futuristic crime-ridden Detroit has turned into a movement. When the mayor thanked the person for his suggestion but said “there are no plans for a “Robocop” statue”, fans of the movie came out of the woodwork. They’ve started a petition to get the statue erected and one woman said, “Do you know how freaking awesome it would be for my 7-year-old to look up at a 10-foot statue of RoboCop?”
- It sounds like this woman has been hit in the head by another statue in Detroit: The Joe Louis Fist!
- If they want to put up a statue of someone people associate with a crime-ridden Detroit, I vote for Monica Conyers!