With so few updates, she has little faith law enforcement will arrest the person who shot her son, even though it happened in the middle of the day as hundreds of thousands of people attended one of the city's largest public celebrations. "I have faith in God," she said in a recent interview. "I know my God is a God of justice. ... That's where I'm putting my faith. It's not in the police department."
You can look her in the eye while you cleanse her bullet wounds, and you can tell her to her face why you are opposed to keeping her safe. Why a semi-automatic rifle is more valuable than her life, she said. She added: To our lawmakers and people in power: who the hell is going to do something? Are you courageous or are you a coward? Do you care about our kids? Don't tell us the answer, show us. Prove it.
"At the end of the day, my brother is still not here. Tyrell Wilson is still not here. The lives he took are still not here. He should do his parole the whole time; he was convicted," Jennifer Leong, Arboleda's sister, told KQED.