Here's a couple
articles by the NY Post taking the angle that it's unfair to punish the boy (for bat flipping) because the rules are supposedly insufficiently clear. The suspension was a compromise--
they were going to void the home run, but let it stand.
(It's worth attending Little League All Star games in person if you've never seen one--usually shockingly high-level play and unbelievably stressed parents (who quite possibly loathe one another).)