Detective Asselin told me Harris Ranch had reported me for "suspicious activity," and he said that on viewing my website, he noticed I was somehow associated with an organization called Earthsave. After questioning me about Vegsource, Earthsave and why I was taking photographs of what must be the single largest taxpayer in the county of Fresno (i.e. someone the Fresno County Sheriff's office obviously feels it must keep happy), I guess Detective Asselin was satisfied that I wasn't planning to try to liberate any animals or blow something up.

It appears that the cattle business is one American industry with enough clout to get the police to interrogate journalists who stand on public roads, to grill them about the nature of any story the journalist might be considering writing about that cattle business. I felt as I have sometimes in foreign countries, where the police work for monied interests and powerful people, to whom the police are available to intimidate the wealthy company's critics. --Jeff Nelson