Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep.
Pressure is building on Detroit Mayor Dave Bing. A group wants to build a statue in the city. It would honor RoboCop, the fictional cyborg at the center of a movie based in Detroit. The movie portrays Detroit as a nightmare city, but organizers think the statue will promote the city. And now they've raised $50,000 to build it. So now it's up to the mayor, who so far says he doesn't see the value in this project.
You are listening to MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.