A Hawaii Democratic congressional candidate was knocked unconscious during a profanity-laced beach confrontation captured on video days before he appeared in court on two felony terroristic threatening charges.The video opened with Hawaii Democratic congressional candidate and U.S.House candidate Kirill Basin approaching a group of beachgoers and telling one man, "Put your bag away, bro.
Put your bag away."A woman then approached Basin as music by the Pixies played from a nearby speaker.Basin told the group, "I told him if he wants to go to the hospital, come here."DEMOCRATS TURN ON CONGRESSIONAL HOPEFUL AFTER 'HIDING' LGBTQ+ VIEWS FROM MUSLIM VOTERSThe confrontation briefly appeared to cool when Basin said, "It is over," before shaking another person's hand.
The reprieve lasted only seconds.Hawaii Democratic congressional candidate Kirill Basin is seen during a confrontation with beachgoers at Keawakapu Beach on Maui before his arrest on felony terroristic threatening charges.(Credit: Maile Stiller-Elliott via Storyful)Basin then turned toward another beachgoer, shouted an obscenity and resumed arguing with members of the group.
When a man told Basin he was speaking to his girlfriend, Basin replied, "I don't care."The exchange quickly escalated.Basin repeatedly asked, "What are you going to do?" before challenging another man to fight.After a woman called him "a child," Basin turned toward her, demanded to know what she had said and threatened to "put [her] in the ground" and "in the hospital" before walking away while calling her a derogatory term.CALIFORNIA FAMILY MEMBERS CLAIM THEY WERE ATTACKED AT LUXURY MAUI RESORT DURING VIOLENT MELEEKirill Basin is seen near beach chairs during the confrontation at Keawakapu Beach that ended with his arrest on felony terroristic threatening charges.
(Credit: Maile Stiller-Elliott via Storyful)Moments later, Basin walked back toward his belongings, where a larger man – later identified as Kama Homan – approached from ...