Irrational Police

When Law Enforcement Suffer From "Richard Ramirez Derangement Syndrome"

You expect police to be brave, highly trained, ready to protect you, and able to take down dangerous criminals. They should not be people given to flights of fantasy. Maybe cops are normal in the rest of the world, but in the United States, it seems they’re just panicky religious freaks with a medieval mindset, scared of members of the population who happen to have very dark eyes. They decide a person is evil from their looks long before a trial, long before evidence is gathered and finalized.

Often you read people freaking out at Richard Ramirez’s “evil” “soulless” “black” “dead” eyes to the point these descriptions are a boring killer cliche that people customarily post in dumbness arenas such as Reddit or YouTube. But if you’re open-minded and not brainwashed by wide-eyed hysterical US newscasters, overly emotive newspaper articles and desperately uninformed giddy teen-brained men in videos, you’d know Richard’s case was messed up to a shocking degree. You won’t see evil in his eyes at all. You’ll see a rather tragic figure, who looks profoundly depressed yet still finds a way to smile. Who rocks back and forth as if trying to soothe himself. Who not only had a traumatic childhood, but was brain-damaged and suffered from a collection of disorders that caused psychosis and paranoia.

You’ll see someone much more expressive and emotional than you’ve been led to believe. The footage in these GIFs was suppressed for over 30 years. A shorter version was out there where he was edited to look evil and cold. There were times in the interview when he looked close to tears and other moments when he laughed in an almost childlike way.

But sadly, detectives and officials make overemotional and irrational comments about Ramirez when they should be professional and objective. One example is this quote from the San Francisco Police Department’s Chief, Greg Suhr. He describes a fellow officer having an infantile response to seeing Richard Ramirez looking through a window.

“I'm telling you just … I think Bruce's description of just the dead eyes … I mean I remember being on the sixth floor one time, walking to do an interview where they keep a lot of the suspects that are awaiting trial and he was sort of in the in the window just standing there like it was a picture window. And one of my brother officers almost jumped into my arms and said, “Shit! Imagine finding that guy in your closet.” So, I mean, I'm telling you he was - again if you looked up evil in the dictionary I think might be a picture of Richard Ramirez.”

The officer must have attended countless crime scenes, but what most gives him a jumpscare is a chained-up prisoner with dark brown eyes.

Richard had extremely dark eyes because he was Mexican - the most common eye color in Mexico. But Greg Suhr seems to be phobic of Mexican eyes. “Black!” “Colorless!” “It stays with you forever!”

In the Netflix documentary, Deputy Linda Arthur described his eyes as “terrible.”

She was too scared to take his fingerprints and left it to her partner, Deputy Hannah Woods. A pitiful response to an important job.

Maybe Linda Arthur should have left the police department and stuck to the police sex parties she allegedly enjoyed instead. Law enforcement was clearly not for her.

In case you stumble across this blog without knowing much about the trial and the legal documents, Richard was in and out of psychosis at the time of his arrest. He had also been smashed across the head with a metal bar prior to having photos taken. So yes, his eyes may have looked dazed. As for “Evil” - that’s their interpretation and their hysteria speaking.

Another badly-researched 2024 documentary, courtesy of NBC/Peacock, contained more religious hysteria from SFPD Inspector Joseph Toomey. He said a Hail Mary because he needed biblical characters to protect him from a shackled prisoner in a cage. Toomey “could see the evil coming out of him.” Could you really, Joe? Is the evil in the room with us now, Joe?

Inspector Holly Pera had to add that his “EYES were the same.” Why wouldn’t he have the same eyes?! Oh, because she was implying they were evil. She described them as “piercing.” Cut to post-arrest injured and stare-y photos of Richard to ramp up the evil vibes.

Next up is Gil Carrillo and his “hilarious” anecdote about his fear that Richard was about to levitate. Those interviewing him always guffaw like he’s such a riot at a dinner party.

The truth is, Carrillo interviewed him really unprofessionally by asking him if his father raped his sister. Richard had a panic attack. Now this “levitation” schtick is part of Carrillo’s standard podcast repartee. Hurr hurr so funny.

The court artist also mentioned his eyes and described him as being like a cobra. They’re all unable to be objective. They’re all suggestible.

You end up with the impression that all these police and court officials are quivering wrecks, praying, splashing holy water about, waving crosses, burning sage, and leaving garlic wreaths around doorways to protect themselves from him. Most of the main detectives involved in this case are Catholic. The religion has a lot to answer for. It’s pathetic.