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. >> brianates says street prostitution infests his oklahoma city neighborhood. >> don't be bringing hookers down here, buddy. >> brian is a husband and father, with a teenaged son 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 you're not married. >> and before long, the media notices. >> he calls himself the video vigilante. >> and bates realizes he's on to something. >> for some reason, when an eyewitness tries to relate it to the police, it just doesn't have the punch that the video has. the video says it all. and that's really all i am. i'm just a se