From USA TODAY:
Madison Police Department spokesman Joel DeSpain said police figure the crowd of protesters Saturday in downtown Madison, Wis., exceeded last week’s Saturday protest, which was estimated at 70,000 people and included a small counter-demonstration by supporters of Gov. Scott Walker.
The crowd could have numbered as high as 100,000, but counting it was difficult because it was spread over parts of State Street as well as the Capitol Square and in the Capitol itself. DeSpain said there were no arrests and called the demonstrators “a very civil group.”
Part of the civility can be attributed to efforts by demonstrators to self-police themselves. Between 500 and 600 volunteer marshals have helped maintain peace throughout the two weeks of protests against Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill by instructing people where to go and assisting authorities with crowd control…
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