Originally Posted by
hkgcanuck
I could be wrong, but I believe the demand you are referring to is for people who were arrested simply for protesting to be released, not for people arrested for things in addition or other than protesting.
There are two related demands. One is for the protests not to be prosecuted as riots, the other is for those arrested in the context of the protests to be unconditionally released.
So vandalism during a protest (smashing up a shop, or burning MTR station) they want amnesty for.
Society though depends on the state having a legal monopoly on violence and coercion. Get rid of that, and you have a failed state