Mischa Barton slammed for insensitive Alton Sterling tribute

"The OC" star Mischa Barton has been criticised on social media after she paid tribute to Alton Sterling with a photo of her in bikini drinking wine on a yacht.
Sterling, 37, was shot dead by two police officers in Baton Rogue, Louisiana, on July 5 after an anonymous 911 caller reported that he was threatening people with a gun outside a convenience store, where he was selling CDs, reported Ace Showbiz.
Paying her tribute to Sterling, Mischa, 30, wrote alongside her bikini-clad picture, "I'm truly heart broken to watch videos like the #altonsterling execution. This may have been going on forever in the United States but thank god the pigs get caught on camera now.

"Its unthinkable and an embarrassment to America. The country I was brought up in. Somebody make change. We need gun control and unity. And a real President so think about that when this election is around the corner," she continued.
"The world is a precarious place right now.#stop #reflect and #act appropriately."
The photo has since been removed but not before she faced the ire of social media users.

One commenter wrote, "This isn't about you. Change the pic if you want people to take your expressed sentiment seriously."
A second user posted, "Talking about someone's death while shamelessly posting a picture of yourself in a bikini is disgusting."

Another user shared, "An embarrassment to America is you sipping rose on a yacht trying to compare your life to most Americans. Get over yourself. This fatality affects your life in NO way."
Mischa has yet to respond to the backlash.
Other celebrities who paid tribute to Alton Sterling included Drake, Nicki Minaj, Jesse Williams and Kanye West.