Good God, just what do these people think they’re doing?

As many as eight people have been arrested on drug charges in an effort to build a marijuana possession case against Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps, an attorney for one of the defendants confirmed this morning.

Longtime Columbia attorney Dick Harpootlian said Richland County Sheriff’s deputies arrested his client - whom he declined to identify — in a raid Saturday at his Lake Murray-area home after seizing a small amount of marijuana.

“He’s sitting there on Saturday, and 12 cops kick in the door with guns drawn, search his house and find 5, maybe 6, grams of pot,” Harpootlian said.”They never asked him, ‘Who sold you the pot?’ … They were asking, ‘Were you at the party with Michael Phelps? Did you see him using marijuana?’ It was all about Michael Phelps.”

I’m reminded of the final scene in “Blues Brothers” when the entire Chicago PD, along with the Army, take Jake and Elwood into custody:

I suppose South Carolina taxpayers think this is sage use of their money.