Nearly a decade later, that Detroit RoboCop statue is almost finished

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Back in 2011, the internet came together to fund the project the new decade apparently needed: a monument to militarized police power and cybernetic warfare as represented by a giant statue of RoboCop to be installed in Detroit. After triumphing over the ED-209-like stopping power of the city’s previously opposed mayor and securing a permanent patrol spot at the Michigan Science Center, we’ve had little news on when, exactly, the half-man, half-machine police officer would finally be installed.