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Know, a bunch of birds scattering, these girls start to take off in different directions. >> a rival pimp and prostitute arrive on the scene. and they are angry. as they chase one girl, bates realizes shes in serious trouble. >> take this. >> he asks someone to hold his camera, and he jumps in. >> literally, you have this girl who is down on the ground with another prostitute holding her hair, beating her in the face. the pimps beating her too. and cars arent even stopping. theyre just kind of s...

Were within a thousand feet of an elementary school. i mean, its just disgusting. but these pockets of places, theyll show up. this one, theyll stop using this one here in a month or two. and theyll have to figure out where the next one is. >> next stop, an apartment building. a truck pulls up. a woman gets out. bates initially doesnt think this woman is a working girl, but he has a bad feeling about what these people are doing. >> its no good, whatever it is. >> sensing danger, he takes off and...

>> as bates keeps his camera rolling, the chase is on. he thinks were trailing a prostitute and her john. and hes making sure to keep his distance so we dont get spotted. >> i try not to stay in their rear-view mirror if we can. >> the red car turns right, and we follow on a parallel street. he catches them at the next traffic light. and as we get close enough, bates has safety on his mind. >> the very first thing i want to record either visually or audio is the tag. and that way if something wa...

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 message. >> thank you,...

It. >> so about a week after i made the movie, the same cop pulled 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. >> oklahoma city native brian bates then posts the videos on his website, john tv, for all the world to see. >> what are yall do...

Hospital, i was in their marketing department. i live downtown to be close to my work. his never seen prostitution. i didnt know it existed. 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. in even more recent videos, exposes the exposed. [ bleep ] >> i co...

Privacy. it doesnt equal as trespassing. >> for bates, its not just about shaming johns. footage of the lewd acts is handed over to police to be used 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 walk of life. >> ive caught pastors, ive caught fire...

And thats really all i am. im just a security camera that moves around. >> it starts out as just a man and a video camera, but quickly grows into something much bigger when this regular guy turned video vigilante sees how powerful the camera can be, exposing hookers and the men who pay for them, drawing them out of the shadows. >> do you want to go to jail? >> i can do something that in a lot of cases an entire police force and millions of tax dollars cant do, and thats scare the bejesus out of ...

Living at home. if brian can see it, kids can, too. and what kind of parent would want their children to see this? >> no child should have to grow up where their memories of childhood involve prostitutes, drug dealers, and pimps. >> in the mid-90s, brian bates first notices lewd behavior in his neighborhood and files reports with the police. but he feels his complaints fall on deaf ears. so he decides to do something about it. he picks up his video camera and takes to the streets. >> i hope your...

Hunts point avenue in new york city. sunset boulevard in los angeles. las vegas boulevard in sin city. in any major metropolis, theres a place thats notorious for prostitution. but in oklahoma city, one man is trying to force the worlds oldest profession out of his neighborhood. hes got a video camera, an internet connection, and a lot of guts. and hes putting the hookers and their johns on notice. ♪ >> it was in my neighborhood. it was in my front yard. it was at my neighborhood grocery store...