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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...

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, thank you, thank you. and im sorry i maced you the other day. and sure enough, i realized this was a woman who probably three weeks before that had maced me at a pay phone. and here i am trying to save her life...

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 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...

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 infests his oklahoma city neighborh...

Responsibility. whats your policy? heres whats happening. a suicide bombing hit the afghan hour hours after a deal was announced. six people were killed in the attack targeting the site where thousands of leaders will gather next week. miami police believe they have found the body of a florida man that fell from a private plane into the waters of south florida. the body was found in a mangrove this morning. now back to "caught on camera. brian bates is no law man. he isnt a police officer....

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...

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 seen it all. armed robberies, drug deals an...

Lot 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 dramati...

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 the...

Take off in different directions. >> a rival pimp and prostitute arrive on the scene. and they are an angry. as they chase one girl, bates realizes hes 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...