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Evidence i need. and really, all that i can remember is them pushing the girl in, shutting the door, and then another guy diving in the back window to try to keep her down inside the car. >> bates knows he needs to do something. so he tries to get their attention. >> and so i bumped their vehicle with mine, bumped it rather forcefully with my vehicle. and they opened up the door and threw the girl out and took off. >> battered, bruised and bleeding. the woman staggers to brians car, with a messa...

Me over. but this time he pulled me over to say hi and to tell me his daughter really liked the video. >> armed with a camera and some serious chutzpah -- >> dont be bringing hookers down here, buddy. >> -- this video vigilante captures prostitutes and their johns in the act. >> i hope youre not married. >> brian bates then posted the videos on his website, john tv for all the world to see. >> what are yall doing? >> nothing. >> what are you doing? >> are you kidding me? what is wrong with you p...

As evidence. >> when i turn these tapes in, theyre investigated for about a week, charges are filed against anybody who can be identified. john gets charged. prostitute gets charged. i literally serve this up on a silver platter. >> while patrolling the area, bates has snagged men from almost all walks of life. >> ive caught pastors, ive caught firemen, ive caught blue-collared workers, ive caught professionals, married men, single men, high school guys, you name it. >> as a video vigilante, bat...

The driver take off immediately. >> no, drive! go, drive! >> hes not going anywhere, its a felony -- >> drive! >> when bates sets his sights on any suspected sexcapade, hes not exactly shy when approaching the vehicle. >> when i walk up to the their car, if the car doors unlocked, im going to open it literally catching you with your pants down. people want to know all the time isnt that breaking and entry? and years ago i had gone to the das office. they had determined that while it was ill advi...

I thought we had an awful lot of friendly people in my neighborhood. a lot of ladies walking around. a lot of cars driving around. a lot of people waving at each other. i soon realized that was prostitution. >> as seen previously on "caught on camera," bates sets out to clean up the streets. and in even more recent videos, exposes the exposed. >> i cooperated with the police. i joined my neighborhood association. one day i decided to use my video camera. i walked up to a car, a prostitute was en...

With his wife. >> im pretty sure he went up in here. >> when he spots a car pulling into the abandoned property. >> pull in. >> so he gives his wife instructions and goes in for a closer look. >> let me out here. youre going to keep pulling up there and just wait. lock the doors. >> he takes an alternate route so he doesnt get spotted. >> its a felony. youre over here by a church. >> and this guy is in a pretty big rush to vacate the hideaway. for an abandoned lot, this property sure seems to ge...

Somebody picks her up. and if they do, then well see where she takes them. >> but as he sits and waits with his camera, trained on the subject, the suspicious car pulls away and the prostitute deserts her post. and bates goes fishing for his next catch. >> theres two hookers working that street. and thats right in front of an elementary school. you get to know these people on sight. a lot of people go how do you know shes a hooker? shes not dressed like julia roberts, you know, in "pretty woman....

The rush is youre catching the bad guy. a guy who thought he could come down here and prey on this community. and you know you can actually make a difference. >> but as we follow, the red car gets too far ahead. they make a left turn into a neighborhood. >> they dont normally go this direction. so he may actually have a house down here that hes taking her to. >> with this unexpected left turn the two are gone. no "gotcha" moment to post on the web -- this time. >> you figure the hookers arent go...

Involved. the experience reminds him how violent prostitution can be. and he doesnt think most folks realize that. >> i get people all the time say, brian, why prostitution? why dont you go after the murderers? the drug dealers? the child rapists? why dont you go after those people? well, im here to tell you, those people are our prostitutes and our pimps and our johns on south robinson. these arent pta moms making a few extra bucks. these are hardened criminals. >> out on his beat, bates has se...

Before they finally got this guy handcuffed and in the back of the truck and hauled him away. >> the oklahoma city district attorney wont press charges against the cops, but the video grabs headlines nationwide, and bates says that was a real turning point in his friendly relationship with the oklahoma city pd. >> up to that point i think the police really looked at me as being on their side, and when i released this tape and was critical of the tape, things changed, and they changed dramaticall...