I was there a few times during the protests in 2011; both inside and outside the Capitol. When I stepped into the Capitol, it smelled like an unkept porta-potty with some Pachuli and marijuana smell thrown in for good measure. I could still smell signs of it in June of 2011, months after the protests ended. That is even considering that my sense of smell is not the best.
And, the protesters were FAR from peaceful. They blocked the North Shore office and harassed volunteers, intimated voters at polling places in Milwaukee and Madison, sent death threats to Walker, Kleefisch and other Republican politicans, caused over 1 million in damages to the capitol and 10 years of wear and tear on the building, cost the state millions in police protection, cost students in the UW thousands in tuition due to cut classes so the professors and TA’s could protest in Madison, vandalized cars of Republican supporters, and dudes in pink dresses attacking Maciver and Franklin Center stringers. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.