Juan Banda, the Dodgers fan who was videotaped in a stadium screaming match with Bryan Stow the day Stow was beaten, is telling friends police do NOT consider him a suspect in the attack.



TMZ has learned ... the LAPD went over to Banda's house early this morning -- and Juan's telling friends, investigators specifically asked him about the bleacher footage ... which shows a pissed off Banda yelling right in Stow's face during the game. Stow was rooting for the San Francisco Giants.

We're told Juan gave his side of the story to police -- that Bryan incited him, claiming he'd "rather eat his own feces than eat a Dodger dog" -- and the officers informed him that he was NOT considered a suspect in the beating.

As we previously reported, a man named Giovanni Ramirez has already been arrested for the attack -- and cops say he is the prime suspect.

The man in the bleachers who got into a verbal altercation with the Los Angeles Dodgers beating victim shortly before the attack is a die-hard Dodgers fan ... TMZ has learned.


The man is Juan Banda, seen here posing with former Dodgers first baseman Eric Karros outside Dodger Stadium.  We don't know when the photo was taken.

We're told after TMZ posted the video Monday morning -- showing Banda taunting beating victim Bryan Stow -- people from Banda's office told him to call the LAPD.



The LAPD says their original suspect, Giovanni Ramirez, is still the prime suspect.