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He had his gun drawn. but he approached the man, literally putting it inches from his head. and says, "im going to fing shoot you right in the head." >> brian stands just feet away, keeping his camera trained on the action, and watches as that officer gets more and more physical with the john. >> down to the ground! >> the police officer is trying to handcuff the john. but then the officer thought he noticed something in the guys mouth and started accusing him of having something in his mouth. h...

Welcome back to "caught on camera." im contessa brewer. brian bates and jimmy justice use their video cameras out in plain sight, looking for that big "gotcha" moment. but the savvy woman youre about to meet never wanted to catch anything like that. and hers is a very personal story. jackie taylor installed a security system, so-called granny cams, in her house, when her elderly father became bedridden. the cameras were meant to give her peace of mind. but what they recorded did anything but tha...

Im milissa rehberger. crews looking for the missing malaysia airlines jet found a pulse in the indian ocean. they said the signal is consistent with the planes black boxes, but that cannot be verified at this point. a bill to override city and county gun laws make it legal to openly carry firearms statewide. back to "caught on camera." brian bates is no law man. he isnt a police officer. he cant arrest people. and he doesnt carry a gun. but over the years hes captured hundreds of prostit...

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, in the church parking lot. >> brian bates says street prostitution infes...

Lowes policy, and we have taken corrective measures to address this matter." as for the john, police arrest him, tow away the truck, just another day in the life of a video vigilante. >> if i was just some psychologist out there talking about how bad prostitution is, nobody would pay attention. but if ive got these over-the-top videos, people caught in the act, literally with their pants down, it becomes the water cooler talk the next day and people say, have you been to that nutjobs website tha...

>> 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 the prostitutes and the johns. >> police are on their way. >> what the c...

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 slowing down. im trying to pull the prostitute off, but im trying not to aggravate the situation into a bigger brawl. i cant throw any punches. i dont want to do anything now thats going to foc...

Hes made a name for himself locally, with his eye-popping video. but then, what he catches on tape here vaults him into the national spotlight. >> tell me what you were shooting and how it unraveled. >> well, at that time i was actually just driving through the neighborhood and saw -- >> the date is monday, july 8th, 2002. and brian bates is out videotaping, as usual. he sees a truck pick up a woman he knows to be a prostitute. so he starts rolling. >> no big deal. like every other case, ill fol...

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 dramatically in my relationship with the police. >> despite his rift with law enforcement, nothing will stop brian bates. hes out filming on a spring afternoon and sees another scuffle. and this time, he breaks his own rule and gets dangerously close to...

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 doing? >> nothing. >> what are you doing? >> are you kidding me? what is wrong with you people? >> bam, right there on the hood of the car...