Call for Gates to Resign

I am appalled by the brutal beating of King. I am also appalled by The Times’ swift editorial plea for Gates to resign. If we are to assume that Gates’ management brought on this violent act and that the individuals involved were not independently responsible, then we must assume that Mayor Tom Bradley should also resign because of the climate of continuing unethical behavior of his appointees.

Certainly leaders of this community seem to have different sets of values in this situation. Gates is responsible for what his people do, but Bradley is not? One should resign, but not the other?

THELMA J. BULLOCK, Los Angeles