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“Let my building burn. Justice needs to be served. Put those officers in jail.” Hafsa Islam recounts the words of her father, Ruhel Islam, upon learning that their Minneapolis restaurant had gone up in flames. On Thursday, May 28th, amid the tumult following George Floyd’s death and the call for justice, the 12-year old restaurant, Gandhi Mahal, became a symbol of the uprising. In his adopted hometown of Minneapolis, Ruhel Islam has been a vocal and proactive champion of food