Protesters Dawn Russell, on floor, and Lonnie Smith, right, chant as they refuse to vacate the vacate the offices of Senator Cory Gardner on June 29, 2017 in Denver. A handful of people, all of whom are with ADAPT, held a sit-in for 58 hours in the tiny front lobby space in the office of Colorado Senator Cory Gardner. They are asking the senator to vote against the new health care bill. As they were arrested protesters chanted "I would rather go to jail than die without Medicaid." ADAPT is a national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom.
A Denver police officer asks protesters to vacate the offices of Senator Cory Gardner or risk getting arrested on June 29, 2017 in Denver. The people, all of whom are with ADAPT, held a sit-in for 58 hours in the tiny front lobby space in the office of Colorado Senator Cory Gardner. They are asking the senator to vote against the new health care bill. All of the protesters were arrested after they refused to leave. ADAPT is a national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostLonnie Smith gets arrested by Denver Police officers after refusing the vacate the offices of Senator Cory Gardner on June 29, 2017 in Denver.
Dawn Russell gets arrested by Denver police officers after refusing the vacate the offices of Senator Cory Gardner on June 29, 2017 in Denver. A handful of people, all of whom are with ADAPT, held a sit-in for 58 hours in the tiny front lobby space in the office of Colorado Senator Cory Gardner. They are asking the senator to vote against the new health care bill. As they were arrested protesters chanted "I would rather go to jail than die without Medicaid." ADAPT is a national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom.
Police arrested 10 protesters -- most with disabilities -- in U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner's Denver office on Thursday, two days after they began a sit-in to demand that the Republican lawmaker pledge to oppose the GOP's plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.
A protester gets arrested by Denver police officers after refusing the vacate the offices of Senator Cory Gardner on June 29, 2017 in Denver. A handful of people, all of whom are with ADAPT, held a sit-in for 58 hours in the tiny front lobby space in the office of Colorado Senator Cory Gardner. They are asking the senator to vote against the new health care bill. As they were arrested protesters chanted "I would rather go to jail than die without Medicaid." ADAPT is a national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom.
A protester gets arrested by Denver police officers after refusing the vacate the offices of Senator Cory Gardner on June 29, 2017 in Denver. A handful of people, all of whom are with ADAPT, held a sit-in for 58 hours in the tiny front lobby space in the office of Colorado Senator Cory Gardner. They are asking the senator to vote against the new health care bill. As they were arrested protesters chanted "I would rather go to jail than die without Medicaid." ADAPT is a national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom.
John Leyba, The Denver PostADAPT protesters Lonnie Smith, left, and Dawn Russell are wheeled out after getting arrested from Senator Corey Gardner's office on June 29, 2017 downtown Denver. The protesters some in wheelchairs were taken out and loaded in to Denver Sheriffs vans to be processed. Protesters were chanting "Rather go to jail than to die without medicaid" and free our people".
John Leyba, The Denver PostADAPT protester Jordan Sibayan gets arrested from out front of the building where Senator Corey Gardner has his office on June 29, 2017 downtown Denver. The protesters some in wheelchairs were taken out and loaded in to Denver Sheriffs vans to be processed. Protesters were chanting "Rather go to jail than to die without medicaid" and free our people".
John Leyba, The Denver PostADAPT protesters Lonnie Smith, left, and Dawn Russell are wheeled out after getting arrested from Senator Corey Gardner's office on June 29, 2017 downtown Denver. The protesters some in wheelchairs were taken out and loaded in to Denver Sheriffs vans to be processed. Protesters were chanting "Rather go to jail than to die without medicaid" and free our people".
John Leyba, The Denver PostADAPT protesters Dawn Russell, left, and Lonnie Smith are loaded into the Denver Sheriffs van after getting arrested from Senator Corey Gardner's office on June 29, 2017 downtown Denver. Protesters were chanting "Rather go to jail than to die without medicaid" and free our people".
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Protesters Dawn Russell, on floor, and Lonnie Smith, right, chant as they refuse to vacate the vacate the offices of Senator Cory Gardner on June 29, 2017 in Denver. A handful of people, all of whom are with ADAPT, held a sit-in for 58 hours in the tiny front lobby space in the office of Colorado Senator Cory Gardner. They are asking the senator to vote against the new health care bill. As they were arrested protesters chanted "I would rather go to jail than die without Medicaid." ADAPT is a national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom.
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A handful of people, all of whom are with ADAPT, in the tiny front lobby space in the office of Colorado Senator Cory Gardner Thursday, June 29, 2017. They are asking the senator to vote against the new health care bill. As they were arrested protesters chanted “I would rather go to jail than die without Medicaid.” ADAPT is a national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom.