Immediately upon arriving in South Africa, Gandhi faced discrimination because of his skin colour and heritage, like all people of colour.[66] He was not allowed to sit with European passengers in the stagecoach and told to sit on the floor near the driver, then beaten when he refused; elsewhere he was kicked into a gutter for daring to walk near a house, in another instance thrown off a train at Pietermaritzburg after refusing to leave the first-class.[67][68] He sat in the train station, shivering all night and pondering if he should return to India or protest for his rights.[68] He chose to protest and was allowed to board the train the next day.[69] In another incident, the magistrate of a Durban court ordered Gandhi to remove his turban, which he refused to do.[70] Indians were not allowed to walk on public footpaths in South Africa. Gandhi was kicked by a police officer out of the footpath onto the street without warning.[71]