Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck on Saturday recommended that the city appeal a jury's decision to award $5.7 million 
to a convicted felon left paralyzed in a police shooting after he was allegedly involved in a drive-by shooting.
Beck said the jury was not able to hear key evidence in the case of 26-year-old Robert Contreras, who was shot by police at age 19 and left a near-quadriplegic after trying to run away from officers responding to the drive-by shooting.
