Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that he is suing to close down the Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center (SHNC) in South Austin, which he claimed operates within feet of Joslin Elementary School while facilitating depravity and drug use.
The SHNC’s operations are a magnet for crime, drug abuse and public indecency, becoming a menace to both local residents and the kids at Joslin, according to the lawsuit. This allegedly includes urination and defecation in public. Violence has taken place both on and in the vicinity of the elementary school, according to Paxton.
People who frequent the SHNC have threatened people using machetes, according to resident testimony. Public masturbation and break-ins at nearby homes and businesses have also occurred, Paxton’s office said. The lawsuit accused the SHNC of facilitating the alleged behavior by distributing drug…
