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Four of the five arrests related to Friday's protests were booked into the Multnomah County Jail. They included (from left), Nicholas Johnson, Rosemary Tustin, Craig Hasty and Travis Martin.

(Portland Police Bureau)

Portland police say six people were arrested Friday during demonstrations in downtown Portland after the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

The protests began Friday afternoon in Pioneer Courthouse Square, where demonstrators burned the American flag before beginning a march about 5 p.m. The protesters wound through downtown streets until about 9 p.m., with some clashing with police and vandalizing property. TriMet MAX and bus service was also interrupted, but the level of violence seen in previous Trump protests was largely avoided.

After the protests ended about 9:30 p.m., police sent out a news release with details of five arrests related to Friday's protest. They included:

Nicholas Martin Johnson, 21, arrested on the Burnside Bridge on a second-degree disorderly conduct charge.

Rosemary Vera Tustin, 30, arrested at West Burnside Street and Southwest Second Avenue on a second-degree disorderly conduct charge.

Craig Allen Hasty

Travis Allen Martin, 18, arrested at Southwest Fifth Avenue and Yamhill Street on harassment and second-degree disorderly conduct charges.

Matthew Ray McGaugh, 41, arrested at Fifth and Yamhill on a second-degree disorderly conduct charge.

Johnson, Tustin, Hasty, and Martin were booked into the Multnomah County Jail and will be arraigned in about two weeks, police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson said in the release. McGaugh was cited but not booked.

Police earlier said they arrested 18-year-old Billy Ellison in connection with November's protests. Ellison was arrested at Pioneer Courthouse Square and booked on two counts of interfering with public transit. He was set to be arraigned Monday.

Police said they learned Ellison's identity after receiving a tip in response to photos released after the November protest that turned into what police declared a riot. Ellison was carrying a torch, a large knife and a gas mask when he was arrested Friday, police said.

Also late Friday, Direct Action Alliance, the group that organized Friday's protest, put out a statement criticizing the police response, claiming officers "attacked peaceful protesters with chemical weapons and flash-bang grenades."

According to the group's statement:

When the police opened fire on the crowd; there were no broken windows, there were no smashed cars, there were only peaceful and unarmed citizens. Were people riled up? Yes, understandably so, the police were threatening to attack us. For what? What did we break? What did we destroy?

Our crime? We didn't obey, we didn't listen.

They attacked us because we did not obey them when they told us where to stand, where to sit, and how to protest.

Tonight, they showed us who the aggressors are.

Asked earlier Friday night about accusations the police overreacted, Simpson told The Oregonian/OregonLive: "I have no information to support that allegation. Once things are over, any use of force would be reported and documented."

-- The Oregonian/OregonLive