In 1973, a group of four young African-American men in Brooklyn, involved in stealing firearms for their protection, found themselves trapped by the NYPD. This led to a fierce shootout that resulted in the death of a police officer and initiated the longest hostage standoff in the history of the NYPD. Traditionally, the NYPD’s 130-year-old protocol was to issue a final warning and then use lethal force. However, could innovative police psychologist Harvey Schlossberg persuade his higher-ups to take an unprecedented step by negotiating with the so-called “criminals” to prevent a looming massacre and rescue twelve hostages? Through never-before-seen footage and compelling interviews with those who lived through it, HOLD YOUR FIRE reveals the true events of this pivotal incident, which had the potential to transform policing practices in America.