A Democratic hopeful for Congress from Hawaii was left unconscious after a heated and explicit altercation on a beach. The incident, which was captured on video, occurred just days before he was due in court facing two felony charges related to terroristic threats.
The footage begins with Kirill Basin, a candidate for the U.S. House and member of the Hawaii Democratic race, confronting beachgoers and instructing one of them, “Put your bag away, bro. Put your bag away.”
As music from the band Pixies filled the air, a woman stepped up to Basin. Addressing the crowd, he warned, “I told him if he wants to go to the hospital, come here.”
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Tensions seemed to subside momentarily when Basin remarked, “It is over,” and exchanged a handshake with another individual. However, the calm was fleeting.
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.
Kirill 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 behind. Basin shoved Homan before the two began scuffling.
Basin stumbled backward over two beach chairs and fell to the sand. After getting back to his feet, he grabbed one of the chairs and swung it at Homan, who shoved the chair aside before punching Basin and knocking him unconscious.
Homan walked over and repeatedly told Basin to “wake up.” Once Basin regained consciousness, he told someone he was “going to jail” before walking away. Moments later, he charged toward Homan again while shouting obscenities.
Homan, who said he had mixed martial arts training, told Hawaii News Now he decided to intervene after watching Basin become increasingly aggressive.
Kirill Basin, right, confronts another man during a beach altercation at Keawakapu Beach on Maui that was captured on video. (Credit: Maile Stiller-Elliott via Storyful)
“I’m like, maybe I should intervene,” Homan said. “As I got closer and closer, he was just getting more irate and violent.”
Homan said Basin shoved him before he responded.
“He put his hands on me and as soon as he tried to shove me, I hit him with a left and a right,” Homan said. “That’s when he stumbled and fell over the chairs.”
The criminal complaint, which News Media reviewed, alleged Basin threatened multiple people during the confrontation, including Homan. A second felony count specifically alleged Basin threatened Homan with a knife.
Homan said he recovered what he described as a 5-inch switchblade and turned it over to Maui police.
News Media reached out to Basin and his attorney, Brandon Segal, for comment.
During Tuesday’s initial court appearance, a judge maintained Basin’s $1 million bail and ordered him to have no contact with Homan and four other people.
If released, Basin also must stay away from Keawakapu Beach, including its parking lot, refrain from possessing firearms or ammunition, avoid drugs and alcohol, submit to random drug testing and undergo a mental health assessment with any recommended treatment.
Basin was scheduled to return to court for a preliminary hearing Thursday at 1 p.m.