2 Battle of Bunkerville defendants plead guilty to misdemeanor

By Brian Seay

Eric Parker, left, and Scott Drexler on a bridge overlooking the Battle of Bunkerville standoff in April 2014. (Photo: Jim Urquhart/Reuters)
After two hung juries and a third trial on the way, two Idaho men accepted plea deals Monday for their roles in the Battle of Bunkerville standoff.
Eric Parker, 34, and Scott Drexler, 47, each pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of a court order, a misdemeanor, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nevada.
Both men were facing a slew of charges related to a six day armed standoff between dozens of armed protestors and U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials in April 2014. People came from all over the country to support rancher Cliven Bundy, who spent decades refusing to pay grazing fees to the federal government.
When BLM officials came to round up Bundy’s cattle in lieu of the $1 million in backed fees, Bundy, his sons, and several others launched what prosecutors called “a massive armed assault against federal law enforcement officers.”
“BLM officers continuously ordered the people to disperse and leave the area, advising that they were interfering with the execution of federal court orders,” says Drexler’s plea agreement. “Defendant Drexler heard the officer’s

Source: Guns.com