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The fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte train has intensified America’s public safety debate, but as President Donald Trump floats bringing National Guard troops into cities across the U.S. to mitigate such crime, one city council member says it isn't the solution for Charlotte – at least for now.

"[I don't want to see the Guard brought in] at this time… simply because crime in Charlotte statistically is down like it is around most of the country," Edwin B. Peacock III, a Republican serving on the Charlotte City Council, told Fox News on Tuesday.

Peacock argued that statistics don't reflect the lived reality many residents experience, however.

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