Miami Model
n.— «Many say they don’t want to subject themselves again to heavy-handed police tactics on display in Miami last fall during protests over the Free Trade Area of the Americas agreement—an aggressive approach to activists now referred to as the “Miami Model.”» —“Are protesters even going to show up?” by Bret Bell in Savannah, Ga. Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville) May 16, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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