RoboCop may have been filmed in Dallas, but Detroit just gave him a permanent tribute—a towering 11-foot bronze statue.

Sure, Paul Verhoeven’s ultra-violent, satirical take on movie violence and consumerism—complete with a crime-ridden future Detroit where overworked cops go on strike—might seem like an unconventional choice for Motor City to celebrate… but here we are.

A video shared by Detroit’s Metro Times shows the statue of the cybernetic superhero cop, originally portrayed by Peter Weller, in all his glory.

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According to the Metro Times, the striking piece, which was erected yesterday in Detroit’s Eastern Market, has been long in the making.

It all started in 2011 when a Twitter user pitched the idea to then-Mayor Dave Bing, arguing that “Philadelphia has a statue of Rocky & R

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