NORTH END — One slap, one thrown shoe, and one chaotic street brawl later — Boston’s political summer just found its messiest scandal yet.

A new viral Instagram video is flipping the script on the infamous North End catfight that exploded across social media earlier this week — a fight that featured a top City Hall official, her two sisters, their father, and their mother (who works for Democrat State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz), and one unlucky middle-aged woman who reportedly got clocked by a flying shoe.

And now? The narrative’s cracking like a heel on Hanover Street.

The video, posted by the Instagram account wickedfast, claims the brawl wasn’t some unprovoked public beatdown. Nope — according to the narrator, it all started with teen drama. Seriously. The sisters, including Ciara D’Amico, Mayor Wu’s Deputy Director of Neighborhood Services, were allegedly confronted over a spat between two teenage boys. What began as a personal beef somehow escalated into Boston’s most viral political street fight, yet.

The narrator says a middle-aged woman (reportedly the one hit by the shoe) “aggressively approached” the sisters as they walked near the St. Joseph’s Feast. The woman allegedly shouted, “I’ll fight all three of yous!”, followed them down Hanover Street, and even banged on their family’s windows after midnight — waking up the whole D’Amico household.

In the viral video, the wickedfast account shows black-and-white security footage of a woman — alleged to be the same one hit by the shoe — walking up to the D’Amico home late at night, moments before the incident escalated further. The narrator claims this footage supports the claim that the woman followed and harassed the family long after the initial argument.

Then, according to the video, she slapped the youngest sister, Serina.

That’s when the shoe came off.

Video footage appears to show someone in white, reportedly Ciara, launching a shoe at the woman, followed by chaos — shouting, swinging, and the now-famous clip of a woman believed to be Karen D’Amico, a scheduler for Democrat Rep. Aaron Michlewitz, allegedly screaming “You are dead to me” (or words to that effect) into the night.

But this new post insists: It wasn’t political. It wasn’t premeditated. It wasn’t even that serious. In the narrator’s words, “It was a street fight — if you can even call it that.”

And the narrator says they aren't exactly a Wu loyalist either. “The Herald hates Wu. I don’t love Wu. But this isn’t fair to Ciara,” the voice says, accusing local media of running with a one-sided police report while ignoring neighborhood context and the D’Amico family's version of events.

What the Police Report Says

According to details first reported by the Boston Herald and later cited by the Daily Mail, the police report alleges that multiple members of the D’Amico family were involved in the altercation, including Ciara and her father. The report states the woman involved was struck with a high heel — which she later turned in to police — and claimed threats were made during the fight.

But the wickedfast video says the media ran with only one side of the story — and ignored footage, witnesses, and the family’s perspective.

City Hall Still Silent

As of now, no one from the D’Amico family has spoken publicly, and Mayor Wu’s office has refused to clarify whether Ciara D’Amico is on leave or facing suspension. She remains employed. The silence has only fueled speculation.

Meanwhile, the viral video has reignited the debate over whether Boston media ran too quickly with the original version of events — and whether City Hall is once again shielding insiders from consequences.

Mass Daily News Broke the Story First

Mass Daily News was the first to identify Ciara D’Amico in the viral video and publish video clips from the scene — before the Herald or Daily Mail picked it up. The original tip came from a local source who sent us footage alleging D’Amico’s involvement.

Now, as the scandal snowballs into an election-year firestorm, the questions are bigger than just one thrown shoe.

Who’s telling the truth?
Why wasn’t anyone arrested?
And why do Wu staffers keep starring in scandals that make Boston City Hall feel more like reality TV?

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