Hawaii Democratic congressional candidate Kirill Basin was arrested after police said he threatened beachgoers with a knife during a confrontation that began when a man asked him to turn down his loud music at a Maui beach. Authorities charged Basin with two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening, and dramatic video captured the altercation ending with the candidate being knocked unconscious.
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