Hockey Legend Mario Lemieux’s Statue Vandalized Terribly During Pittsburgh Riot (VIDEO + PICS)

The statue of Mario Lemieux outside Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena was spray-painted and vandalized terribly as people marched through the city.

Protesters in downtown #Pittsburgh damage the Mario Lemieux statue located right out front of PPG arena @WPXIFinalWord @WPXIScott @billpeduto @WPXIMelanie @WPXIMelanie @WPXIMelanie @WPXIMikeHolden @PghPoliceChief @WPXIAaronMartin @albyox pic.twitter.com/anIkDt6gvM

— coach (@coachtvnews) May 30, 2020

The Mario Lemieux statue outside PPG Paints Arena ? pic.twitter.com/0yaW6HJiWL

— Joshua Axelrod (@jaxelburgh) May 30, 2020

Is it just me or does the vandalism of the Lemieux statue look very similar to the vandalism of Doughboy statue from earlier this week? #pittsburghprotest pic.twitter.com/QS3wMxZAPE

— Elizabeth Fulton (@bethfulton) May 31, 2020

im fuuuucking pissed and upset. they fucking ruined it. #letsgopens #pittsburghprotest pic.twitter.com/NFZFUVmSi4

— Deaf Yinzer (@deafyinzer) May 30, 2020

From Facebook, the Mario Lemieux statue outside PPG Paints Arena has been vandalized: pic.twitter.com/kTCY3lDZXc

— Seth Rorabaugh (@SethRorabaugh) May 30, 2020

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Pittsburgh Police initially said protests were peaceful, but things took a drastic turn for the worst as more and more people continued to show up.

Lemieux had a hand in all five of the Penguins’ Stanley Cup titles and basically saved hockey in Pittsburgh by buying a bankrupt franchise (2009, 2016, 2017). He’s the only person in NHL history to have his name on the Stanley Cup both as a player and an owner.

Protests across the United States started this week after video surfaced online showing a Minneapolis cop with his knee on the neck of George Floyd for 8 minutes and ultimately lost his life as a result.

Floyd’s death was the latest example of police action leading to the death of an unarmed black person.