07-04-2025
Kern County DA's Office postpones Victims' Rights March
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County District Attorney's Office postponed the Victims' Rights March, which would have originally taken place this week.
District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer announced the postponement on the DA's Office's Facebook page on April 7. The video came as the first installment of a five-part series by the DA's Office to celebrate National Victims' Rights Week, according to the caption on the video.
According to Zimmer, the Victims' Rights March was traditionally held during the National Crime Victims' Rights Week, which is this week from April 6 to April 12.
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However, the event is being pushed back until the memorial can be completed. The Victims of Violent Crime Memorial will honor the lives lost to homicide in Kern County, according to Zimmer.
'We believe that before we march, this memorial must be complete as it stands as a powerful testament to those lives and is a place of peace and healing for all who had been affected,' Zimmer said in the Facebook video.
Zimmer did not specify when the march will be held, saying it will happen 'later this year.'
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