"The senator should have been a leader and tried to use his skills as a politician to convince ADAPT that their concerns were valid and had been heard, but that now it was time to leave for health and safety reasons. After that, police intervention could have been warranted."

I agree 100% percent.  These protesters are showing way more courage than Gardner.  His whole hiding out, instead of manning up and having the courage to actually talk to people who are not fawning admirers, is getting way old after all these years.  

Civil disobedience means you have to risk getting arrested but this actually shows how weak a leader Gardner really is.  His cowardice is finally getting exposed, like the man he is aligned with, trump.