Why does the chief in law and order: criminal intent wear an eye patch? Kgb answers » Arts & Entertainment » TV » Why does the chief in law and order: criminal intent wear an eye patch? Actor who plays Capt. James Deakins (Jamey Sheridan) wears eye patch in real life due to Bell's Palsy! ![]() ![]() In actuality, it was simply a result of navel combat. Splinters caused by the wood of the ship be hit with cannon fire and gun fire could get in the eye, gun powder itself can be damaging, not to mention, the chance of bullets and knives landing in them. So to sum it up for you, pirates wore patc hes because they damaged or lost their eyes. Nothing else. Crack edt monoposte 20111. Pirates wore a patch so that they could go into a the pitch black hull of the ship in brightest day and have instant night vision w/ the previously patched eye. (There's actually no historical evidence to support the notion of wearing an eye patch for light adaptation. Mythbusters proved it would work, but that doesn't mean that's the historic reason they wore them. And if it were the reason, why wouldn't EVERY pirate or sailor wear an eye patch.). Some people say its there to cover either a missing eye or an eye that was wounded in battle, but in actual fact it is conditioning their eye so they can fight in the dark.
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