Mischa Barton criticized for using bikini pic to comment on Alton Sterling shooting
Former "The O.C." star Mischa Barton found herself in hot water after expressing her remorse over one of the police killings to occur this week.
Following the death of Alton Sterling, Barton joined the chorus of celebrities posting their thoughts on social media, adding a photo to Instagram.
"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," she wrote. "It's unthinkable and an embarrassment to America. The country I was brought up in. Somebody make change. We need gun control and unity."
Barton certainly seemed contemplative. The corresponding photo featured her, bikini-clad, leaning against the railing of a yacht as it speeds through the water, her eyes downcast toward a glass of wine in her hands.
Barton then had the good sense to delete the post as criticism quickly mounted around the image, but not before the NY Daily News could get a screen-grab of it for posterity.