Matthew Fogg asserts, "Racism drives the war on drugs." In 1993, under South Africa's Apartheid Law 851 black men were imprisoned per 100,000 population. In 2008, under the United States' Drug Prohibition Law, 6,667 black men were imprisoned per 100,000. Matthew believes that drug prohibition is an immoral tool used by the United States' prison industrial complex to maintain the largest per capita rate of incarcerations in the world. Prisons for profit do not belong in a democratic society.

Matthew was sworn in by the United States Marshals Service (USMS) as a Deputy US Marshal in 1978 and soon became a highly decorated Federal law officer. He was cross designated a Supervisory Special Agent in charge of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) joint drug and gun interdiction, Metropolitan Area Task Force, and was later promoted to Inspector in charge of the USMS unit for the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), the world's largest international police organization, with 188 member countries involving "who's who" in Federal, State and Municipal enforcement personnel. He received the District of Columbia, US Attorney and Federal Bar Association's highest law enforcement awards for tracking down over 300 of America's most-wanted and dangerous fugitives charged with prison escape, murder, rape, child molestation and illegal drug trafficking. He often provided personal protection for members of the federal judiciary and United Nations NY General Assembly foreign dignitaries. He was a member of the USMS Special Operations "Swat" Group involved in the Federal Atlanta Penitentiary hostage crisis and the assault on "Ruby Ridge" and was later a volunteer for search, rescue & recovery efforts at 9/11 Ground Zero.

Today, Matthew is a retired Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal with 32 years of public service following a final DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding a landmark lower court decision finding the USMS grossly violated his Civil Rights and was operating as a racial hostile environment for all African-American deputy US marshals nationwide.

Matthew has administratively represented and won favorable decisions for several major Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) decisions for employees who blew the whistle on various forms of government waste, fraud and abuse involving discrimination. He is known for standing in the gap for many employees and citizens who stand in fear of political retribution and police brutality. He has provided expert commentary in TV, radio and print media including CNN, CBS, CSpan, NY Post, Washington Post, Final Call, Vanity Fair and People magazines. He is a former nationally elected officer of non-government “watchdog” organizations including Blacks In Government and Federally Employed Women - Legal & Education Fund, INC. He has been a Board member for Amnesty International USA and co-chair of the NOFEAR Coalition responsible for the passage of the NOFEAR Act civil rights legislation signed into law by President Bush in 2002.

A national and international speaker, Matthew has often provided testimony before the US Congress and other political forums and advocated for civilian oversight of law enforcement procedures.