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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jurors have acquitted a former Philadelphia police officer of charges of hurling racial epithets and threatening to kill a man during an off-duty traffic incident almost three years ago. The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/1RKEOcY ) reports that the panel deliberated for about eight hours before returning the verdict on the terroristic threats charge in favor of 36-year-old Edward Sawicki III. Jurors were unable to reach agreement on charges of simple assault and a weapons count related to allegations that Sawicki displayed his service pistol in a threatening manner. Prosecutors will announce a decision later whether they will retry Sawicki on those two counts. Defense attorney William Brennan called the threats charge the case's "foundation" and said he hoped the district attorney's office "will let this matter end with this verdict." ___ Information from: The Philadelphia Inquirer, http://www.inquirer.com

Ex-officer acquitted of threats in traffic incident