By Chao Xiong
Eleven years ago, Charles King returned home from an Army deployment in Iraq angry and wary of the world and people around him.
The distance between the combat mechanic and the rest of the world widened until he landed in Ramsey County District Court in 2013 for a domestic incident. The timing was fortuitous — the county was getting ready to debut its veterans court, and King would become its first enrollee.
“I pushed everybody away,” King said Thursday of his transition back to civilian life. “I was so used to not feeling anything at all. People were making me feel things, and it was scary.”
Thursday, King was recognized as one of the first four graduates of the specialized court. 
King, 34, said he was initially skeptical of veterans court, but that it was pivotal in shifting his perspective on life.
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