Crime, drugs, and poverty have plagued motor city Detroit as employment opportunities leave this once great city. As the unemployment rate in Detroit continues to rise the citizens of this once great city begin an exodus that would leave the population of Detroit halved its former size. As employers and the unemployed seek greener pastures the once great city of Detroit is left in shambles… a shadowy husk of its former self. Detroit then becomes its own biggest enemy as crime rises to the fourth highest crime rate in the United States.
Things look pretty dire in motor city… what is an average citizen to do. The mayor of Detroit, David Bing, calls for its people to come to action. He calls for Detroit’s great citizens to rally to its aid in an attempt to revive the city they love. Ideas pour into the mayor’s office at an alarming rate, but none as impactful as RoboCop. Honoring the 1987 movie, Robocop, that stars Peter Weller as the title character with a statue. David Bing has went on the record as saying that he has no plans on erecting a statue to honor Robocop…
As of today, after my one dollar donation to the cause, the effort has raised $58,944. This total exceeds the $50,000 that Detroit said that they would have to earn before they considered erecting the statue. I am really excited to see that this project may actually happen. Land has been donated as a site for the life size statue of Detroit’s her, and now with the proper funding, provided by the internet at large, I hope that this becomes a reality.
This may be a small gesture to some, but in so many ways this is a big deal for the city. This effort shows that you can accomplish anything as a community if you put your mind to it, and you believe in the cause. When Detroit needed a hero to save it that is just what it got.
Links to the websites
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/imaginationstation/detroit-needs-a-statue-of-robocop
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176409349068272
http://detroitneedsrobocop.com/
