Disproportionate number of current and former military personnel arrested in Capitol attack, CNN analysis shows CNN's Sara Sidner takes a closer look at the people arrested in the Capitol riot, which includes several US veterans. Posted: Jan 31, 2021 1:40 PM Updated: Jan 31, 2021 1:40 PM Posted By: By Sara Sidner, Anna-Maja Rappard and Marshall Cohen, CNN Active military personnel and veterans are over-represented among the first 150 people to be arrested and have records released for federal offenses in the violence and insurrection at the US Capitol. Analysis by CNN of Pentagon records and court proceedings show 21 of the 150, or 14%, are current or former members of the US military. That is more than double the proportion of servicemen and women and veterans in the adult US population, calculated from Census Bureau and Department of Defense statistics. In 2018, there were 1.3 million active-duty members of the services and 18 million veterans. Together, they comprised just 5.9% of the overall 327 million US population at the end of 2018.